Training alone is not the control

The move: treat training as the last layer, not the whole safety plan. Manual-handling training should explain risk factors, safe technique, mechanical aids, and the systems of work used in the real job. It should include practice so unsafe patterns can be corrected. But training alone does not remove a hazardous task. HSE good-handling guidance makes the hierarchy clear: use lifting aids, improve the task, load, or working environment, and then use technique as an addition to those measures. That order matters because manual-handling injuries are usually caused by force, repetition, awkward posture, poor grip, twisting, long carry distance, or…

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