Safety Flash
Near-miss: Manual handling in the office
Near-miss: Manual handling in the office
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 03/15
- Manual Handling
- Dropped objects
- Manual handling
- Ladder
- Operational supervisionPositive retention and reliable securing
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Summary
An office storeroom near miss involved a fluorescent tube sliding towards a person’s face while an unmarked box was moved from a high shelf. Nothing fell and nobody was injured. Actions included assisted retrieval using a ladder, sealing and labelling the box, floor-level storage, assigned responsibility and supervised access.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Classifications: Ladder; ladders.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Summary
Unsafe storage in an office storeroom created potential falling and moving-item hazards during manual handling.
IMCA SF 03/15. Themes: manual handling.