HSE Announce Tyre Handling Workshops

HSE Announce Tyre Handling Workshops

The HSE, working with the National Tyre Distributors Association and the British Tyre Manufacturers Association, is staging a country wide series of workshops to draw attention to the dangers of handling tyres.

The workshops are open to tyre retailers, motor dealers, manufacturers, tyre recovery companies and anyone involved in the transportation of all sizes of tyres. Local authority inspectors are also invited and the events may attract CPD points. Everyone will receive a certificate of attendance.

Moving and fitting tyres involves a lot of manual handling. Back and other muscular injuries are common. The cost to employers is considerable and, of course, the physical cost to workers can be painful and long-term.

But there are simple and effective ways to reduce the level of manual injury in the industries, using examples specific to tyre retail premises. The three hour workshops will start with a buffet lunch and continue with:

• MAC Tool demonstration using examples of how to use the HSE's manual handling assessment chart to assess MH tasks in the retail tyre industry
• Local Authority inspector
• An industry speaker
• Manual handling training information

For more information click here to visit the useful HSE website on this subject.

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