General Guideline for Manual and Mechanical Material Handling | Manual Material Handling/Mechanical Handling |
Guideline for Manual and mechanical material handling:- Manual materials handling involves the handling, moving, lifting, and carrying of materials without the use of mechanical equipment. Minimizing injuries that occur from materials handling requires planning about these tasks. Following points must be taken into consideration while doing the manual and mechanical material handling work. 1. Ensure that the workers engaged for manual material handling operation must be trained for manual material handling techniques and should be carried out under experienced supervision. 2. Ensure that the lifting, carrying or moving of material, articles or things does not endanger the safety of nearby and other workers. 3. Before lifting or shifting, size up the load first. If it is too big in size, ask for help of others. 4. Take a round, inspect and look of work / nearest area before lifting and check whether it is sli...