Quiz: Test your knowledge on Manual Handling

It is important to be up to date with your knowledge on manual handling, to be able to help yourself and others around you. Have a go at our quiz and see if your knowledge is up to date!

What will generally be complied with, if the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance is followed?

Specific duties in the regulations and general duties in the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HASWA)

Approved Codes of Practice (ACOP)

Specific duties in the regulations only

General duties in the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HASWA) only

Correct! Wrong!

Which of these is not a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) risk assessment tool?

Manual Handling Assessment Chart (MAC)

Risk Assessment of Pushing and Pulling (RAPP)

Manual Handling Assessment Chart (MAC)

Leaning and Stretching (LAS)

Correct! Wrong!

Which of the following statements is correct, regarding Cumulative stress?

Injury occurs immediately, due to unsafe lifting techniques

It occurs when a person carries out a seemingly low-risk manual handling task, repeatedly, over a long period of time

Individuals are well aware that it is happening

Aging is normally the cause of this

Correct! Wrong!

Which organisation(s) enforce health and safety legislation in the UK?

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) enforce all health and safety in the UK

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Local Authorities (LA) work together

Environmental Health departments enforce all health and safety in the UK

The Police

Correct! Wrong!

What does the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (also known as the Management Regulations), require employees to do?

Assess only manual handling risks

Assess health risks, but not risks to safety

Assess risks excluding those from manual handling

Assess health and safety risks, which includes the risks from manual handling

Correct! Wrong!

What acronym can you use to remember the categories of manual handling risk factors?

SLIDE

PILED

PILEO

TILEO

Correct! Wrong!

Quiz: Test your knowledge on Manual Handling

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Quiz: Test your knowledge on Manual Handling

What will generally be complied with, if the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance is followed?

Which of these is not a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) risk assessment tool?

Which of the following statements is correct, regarding Cumulative stress?

Which organisation(s) enforce health and safety legislation in the UK?

What does the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (also known as the Management Regulations), require employees to do?

What acronym can you use to remember the categories of manual handling risk factors?

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Eve Johnson

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Which of these is not a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) risk assessment tool?

Which of the following statements is correct, regarding Cumulative stress?

Which organisation(s) enforce health and safety legislation in the UK?

What does the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (also known as the Management Regulations), require employees to do?

What acronym can you use to remember the categories of manual handling risk factors?

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