Please could someone help me with a query I have with regards to lifting at work!


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Please could someone help me with a query I have with regards to lifting at work?

I work at a school where part of my job is to set out the tables for dinner.Just to give you a rough idea of the size of the tables- (if you can remember the size of the little chairs at lower school,you can fit 4 of these either side).Should I be lifting these on my own as they are all stacked up so i have to lift the down to set them up.I have looked on the internet but cant seem to find anything.Any info given greatfully received.also any sites i could be referred to would be brilliant aswell.
Thanks

Additional Details

1 month ago
i am not actually employed by the school,i work in the kitchen as a gka

1 month ago
gka for anyone who may not know is a general kitchen assistant


Answers:

Health and Safety at work Act 1974

This Act is an enabling legislation; which means regulations can be made and old regulations can be altered, to adapt to current and contemporise situations. The 1974 Act sets out goals that employers and many others are required to achieve, but doesn’t give instructions on what to do or how to do it, instead it can be used as an organisation guidance tool.

Who is responsible for safety
Everyone is responsible the safety of them and others in an organisation. For example:
Employers have a duty to protect non employees (section 3)
Landlords and occupiers of premise have a duty to protect persons using these premises (section 4)
Designers, importers, and suppliers have a duty to ensure the safety of end uses and anybody to whom these end uses owe a duty of care (section 6)
Employees are responsible for their own safety and that of any one else who may be affected by what they do, or don’t do. (Section 7 & 8)
Employers must not make a charge to employees for anything provided for safety such as protective equipment etc (section 9)

At my current place of work, their duties to their employees are stated in section 2 of the 1974 Act, and cooperate responsibility starts with the Chief Executive. However, promotion of health and safety at work is delegated through senior management to managers and supervisory staff.

The Act states: “it shall be the duty of every employer to ensure ‘so far as is reasonably practicable’ the health, safety, and welfare at work of all employees”.

So this means that attention must be paid to providing and maintaining:
A safe place to work; that means safe machinery, safe systems, safe environment etc
Safe access and egress; this means that everybody must be able to enter, leave and move around the workplace safely.
Adequate information, instructions, training and supervision to ensure that all employees can carry out their duties efficiently and with the least risk to their safety and welfare.
Safe systems for the use, handling and storage and transportation of articles and substances for use at work.

In addition m organisation are required to consult with safety representatives appointed by Trade Union s, and where there is no Trade Union representation non-union safety representatives will be appointed.Some of the most recent regulations have been passed under the Health and Safety at work Act 1974 detail duties and responsibilities on specific topics. They include:
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002, amended 2004)
The Display Screen Equipment Regulations 1992
The Manual Handling Operations Regulation 19921
The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989.
i hope this will help as you can see health and safety in a mind field good luck




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