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Risk Assessment for Pushing and Pulling
RAPP tool
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A historical perspective
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H&S priorities April 1943
Priority H&S topics included:• lung disease• lifting weights30kg for women, 20kg for girls of 14 yrs• dermatitis• machinery then causing 18% of accidents, now 8%
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Other priorities:• how to camouflage your factory• employers obligations re:
venereal disease• employment of police-women in
factories to:
‘ensure girls did not do things they should not do’
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H&S priorities April 1943
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‘….principally there for moral guidance….’
Factory policewomen
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Use MAC & V-MAC
All items lifted of carried weigh
about the same
The heaviest item lifted is at least 2 kg heavier than
the lightest
For pushing and pulling
Use MACUse RAPP
The HSE MSD quick assessment tools
Use ART
All items weigh less than 2.5 kgThe task is mostly
upper-limb
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RAPP tool – where it fits in
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The task is likely to be low risk if:
• the force is applied with the hands; and• the torso is largely upright and not twisted; and• the hands are between hip and shoulder level; and• the distance involved is no more than about 20 m.
An additional indicator that the task is low risk is if the load can be moved and controlled easily with only one hand.
RAPP tool – where it fits in
Push/pull risk filter:
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The RAPP tool
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wheeled equipment operations (WEO)
non-wheeled item operations (NWIO)
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Wheeled items flow chart
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A1 - Size of Equipment
Small (One/two wheels)
Medium (Three/four wheels)
Large (Large or on rails)
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Wheeled items flow chart
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A2 - Posture
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Wheeled items flow chart
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A3 – Hand Grip
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Wheeled items flow chart
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The Assessment
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Assessment Scores
Where you have more than one push or pull task, use RAPP scores to prioritise
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RAPP tool case study
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Weight:32 bottles @ 22kg About 720kg
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“No planned maintenance”
“Twice per week”
Travel distance:~ 35m
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Delivery of water bottles to offices
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Thanks very much
matthew.birtles@hsl.gsi.gov.uk