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Can you handle it? Manual handling in the nursery and gardening industry - Nursery and Gardening Industry of Queensland

Industry: Nursery and gardening industry
Runtime: 8 mins 43s

Manual handling accounts for 49% of all injuries in the nursery industry. Any activity that involves lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, carrying, moving, restraining, sustained awkward posture or repetitive movement can result in musculo-skeletal injuries to workers.

Many injuries in the nursery industry can be avoided if employees know how to look after their backs and their bodies. The most effective way of preventing injury is to design a process so the need for manual handling is eliminated or improved with mechanical aids.

Download the film and show it to people in your workplace. Only a positive change in work processes can make a difference.