Hazardous manual tasks resources
Codes of practice
- Hazardous Manual Tasks Code of Practice 2011 (PDF, 2281.81 KB)
- Manual Tasks Involving the Handling of People Code of Practice 2001 (PDF, 1204.63 KB)
Guides and fact sheets
- Hazardous manual task systems self-assessment tool(PDF, 227.38 KB)
- Tips for hazardous manual task training(DOCX, 892.5 KB)
- Slips, trips and falls at level self-assessment tool(PDF, 199.67 KB)
- Slips, trips and falls at level incident worksheet (PDF, 308.3 KB)
- Knife sharpening programs in the red meat processing industry
- A better way of working – Preventing sprains and strains in construction(PDF, 320.85 KB)
- Manual tasks risk register examples(DOCX, 929.43 KB)
- Physical and mental impacts on safety in the transport supply chain(PDF, 2375.69 KB)
- Manual tasks risk management worksheet (PDF, 234.81 KB)
- Slips trips and falls prevention guide (PDF, 565.02 KB)
- Office workstations (PDF, 109.56 KB)
- Ergonomics guide to computer-based work (PDF, 934.14 KB)
- Safe use of laptops (PDF, 103.55 KB)
- Sedentary work (PDF, 108.99 KB)
- When community workers come to your home (PDF, 1230.94 KB)
- Guide to working safety in peoples homes (PDF, 1979.3 KB)
- Restricted use lifts in homes for people with limited mobility (PDF, 84.84 KB)
- Ergonomic assessment of load restraint devices in the transport industry (PDF, 480.41 KB)
- Load restraint devices to tension chains
- Guidelines for the selection and use of sit to stand computer workstations
- Musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) action plan 2016-22 (PDF, 173.92 KB)
- Supervisors and risk management – a case study in the manufacturing industry (PDF, 1198.7 KB)
Films
Webinars
- Musculoskeletal Disorders Symposium encore webinar series
- Construction work health forum encore webinar series
- Council of the City of Gold Coast PErforM program
- CSR Limited - Manual handling project
- Engaging with your workers
- The link between MSDs and psychosocial risk factors
Reports
- Leadership in major contractors: preventing sprain and strain injuries report (PDF, 1724.44 KB)
- Leadership in major contractors: preventing sprain and strain injuries summary (PDF, 618.28 KB)
Tools
PErforM program
Below is a suite of PErforM resources developed to assist employers with implementing PErforM in their workplace.
- PErforM resource manual for workplace trainers (PDF, 948.88 KB)
- PErforM frequently asked questions (PDF, 52.91 KB)
eTool
Handbooks
- Participative ergonomics for manual tasks (PErforM) handbook (PDF, 1103.42 KB)
- PErforM worksheets 1 and 2 (DOC, 288 KB)
Powerpoint presentations
- PErforM for management powerpoint presentation (PPT, 5795.5 KB)
- PErforM for trainers powerpoint presentation (PPT, 9432 KB)
- PErforM for work teams powerpoint presentation (PPT, 8374.5 KB)
Films
Webinars
- PErforM network webinar: Sundale
- The link between MSDs and psychosocial risk factors
- Engaging with your workers
- Council of the City of Gold Coast PErforM program
- CSR Limited - Manual handling project
Case studies
- Moving gas bottles – Monarch Building Systems (PDF, 158.62 KB)
- Manually moving wall panels – Monarch Building Systems (PDF, 124.2 KB)
- Handling oxy bottles – Monadelphous Engineering (PDF, 111.44 KB)
- Maintaining the internal lining of furnaces – Bradken (PDF, 114.99 KB)
- Unloading containers – TJM Products (PDF, 103.71 KB)
- Using an oxy cutting/welding torch on rotators – Monadelphous Engineering (PDF, 122.95 KB)
- Last updated
- 24 September 2019
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Related links
- ManTRA eTool
- Managing hazardous manual tasks
- Identifying and assessing hazardous manual tasks
Hazardous manual tasks Code of Practice 2011 (PDF, 2.2 MB)- Manual tasks involving the handling of people Code of Practice 2001 (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- National Occupational Health and Safety Strategy 2012-2022 for national standard and code of practice on manual handling
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