Backs to basics – free health and safety event
19 February, The Pavilions of Harrogate at The Great Yorkshire Showground
Harrogate Local Authority has teamed up with the HSE to present a free seminar to local businesses as part of the Better Backs Campaign. This is a national campaign to tackle back pain and upper limb disorders (ULDs) at work. As you may be aware this remains the most common form of ill health at work
The main aim is to promote the use of lifting and handling aids as a means of reducing the incidence of back injuries at work. However accepting back injuries can arise from both work and non-work activities, the initiative will also seek to promote a sensible wide-ranging approach, encouraging engagement from all sides of business and industry, more especially employers and employees. We have extended the scope of our previous campaigns to include ULDs and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).
The Food and manufacturing industries are of particular concern to HSE as 60% of injuries are caused by lifting and 35% manual handling. Repetitive tasks and awkward movements can cause ULDs resulting in prolonged pain and absence from work.
The programme for the event is as follows:
| Session | Time | Topic and Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30 | Registration/ coffee/ visit to exhibition. | |
| Session 1 | 10:00 - 10:15 | Introduction, Rachel Brittain – HSE Inspector |
| Session 2 | 10:15 - 10:45 | A personal experience of the effects of ULD caused by work, Jenny Collins |
| Session 3 | 10:45 - 11:30 | Physiology of ULDs and backpain, Fiona Evard – Moving & handling Co-ordinator, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust |
| Session 4 | 11:30 - 12:00 | Workshop – identifying potential and reporting ULDs in your workplace, Health & Safety officer - Harrogate Borough Council |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch and visit to exhibition. | |
| Session 5 (Parallel sessions) | 13:00 - 14:00 | Using the manual handling / ULD assessment charts (MAC Tool) workshop on the MAC tool content and how to use it as part of your assessment, Chris Quarrie - Specialist HSE Inspector - Ergonomics |
| Manual handling in care homes (cd Rom training pack) covering the issues relating to a range of clients with varying mobility including risk assessment, policies, training and occupational health, Mark White – HSL | ||
| Session 6 | 14:00 - 14:30 | Bespoke training for moving and handling activities, Colin Preece – Pristine Condition Ltd |
| Session 7 | 14:30 - 15:00 | Managing sickness absence and return to work an introduction and best practice for managing sickness absence, Heather Singleton, Occupational Health Manager, Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust |
| 15:00 | Open forum |
This event runs from 9.30 – 15.00 and lunch will be provided, places will be reserved on a first come, first served basis. If you cannot make the full day event but would like to see the exhibition it will be open to all from 13:00 to 15:00.
If you would like to attend please contact Lynn Widdows at Harrogate District Council, Springfield House, Kings Road, Harrogate HG1 5BR
or email lynn.widdows@harrogate.gov.uk or tel: 01423 556905
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