manual handling. the tasks outlined
There are many human activities that can cause muscular skeletal problems. Although the obvious ones are poor lifting techniques, others can also cause problems. These include:
- Lowering. It takes the same effort to lower an object as it does to pick it up!
- Pushing things such as trolleys specially on rough floors
- Pulling things. It's considered better to pull than to push but this is not always possible
- Twisting the torso. Repeated twisting can wear out the disks between the vertebrae
- Rolling an object such as an oil drum. Whilst it's obviously better than direct lifting it can still cause problems
- Moving and dragging. These activities can cause problems due to friction with the ground making the task difficult