The tool is a check list according to the Council directive, annex 1. The application requires only a low effort and is based on the users experience.
Here you find the checklist
Goals
- Description of work task, physical demands and conditions
- Identification of risk features subjected to annex of EU-directive States
Target user population, preconditions for application
- Applicable for all
- Knowledge of task
Effort
About half an hour, depending on complexity of work
Tool
Checklist
Remarks
According to the annex 1 of Council Directive, different stress features on MHL are taken into consideration:
- Biomechanical strain of bones, joints, and muscles resulting from aktion forces and restricted postures
- Muscle fatigue as a result of intensive, frequent or persistent force generation
- Stress of cardiovascular system due to high physiscal workload
- Handicaps because of characteristics of load (bulky, slippery, verry large)
- Risk of accident because of characteristics of load (very heavy, hot, sharp, moveable)
- Risk of accident because of characteristics of working environment (floor uneven or slippery, restricted area for workers movement, obtacles, insufficient illumination)
Advices for users
The level 1 check list doesn´t need measurements. All features and problemes are ranked by the users experience. Therefore it is very important to work with common sense, to cooperate with the workers and to compare the results with similar situations.
If there is any lack of clarity, level 2 screening risk assessment must be carried out.
The level 1 check list focus on a description of objective physical work load only.
Assessing of individual risk according to annex 2 of Council Directive is not possible on level 1 check list. In doing this individual risk factors must be taken into account.
The worker may be at individual risk if he/she:
- is physically unsuited to carry out the task in question,
- is wearing unsuitable clothing, footwear or other personal effects,
- does not have adequate or appropriate knowledge or training.
With a view to multi-factor analysis, reference may be made simultaneously to the various.
