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2. PEOPLE MUST WANT TO CHANGE One of the main problems with manual handling training is not in the quality of the training, but the fact that people simply don't follow the message that is being delivered. And this is important, because even after we have set up our...

....continuation from previous post - Effective Manual Handling 1.  Control the workplace first If you can avoid asking workers to bend, then you can avoid having to teach them how to.  This may be a tall order, but the principle is sound.  The single thing that is...

Why don’t people follow good manual handling advice? Most of us know have heard the basics of safe lifting techniques.  It’s the classic “bend your knees and keep your back straight” message, or a variation on the same theme.  But who actually does this?  In my...