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COST OF INJURY HSE statistics • 90,000 construction industry workers suffer musculoskeletal injuries each year; Mice the all-industry average.
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• A typical kerbstone weighs 67kg; studies show that each is manually handled at least three times from arrival on site, to its file' position.
• On average, they're also much heavier than two people can safely lift while complying with the maximum permissible lifting weight of 20kg per person from shin level specified in the current manual handling regulations.
• More than a third of over-three-day injuries reported to the HSE and local authorities each year relate to manual handling.
• Over a million people in the UK are affected by musculoskeietal disorders caused or made worse by their work. This leads to an estimated loss of 12 million working days each year, • The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992: amended in 2002, recommend that people avoid all forms of manual handling of anything but the lightest loads especially where their work involves repetitive tasks, • The maximum weight allowed for manual handling under any circumstances is 25kg,