Manual Handling Policy
To enable Compass Group UK & Ireland to identify and manage the risks associated with manual handling in the workplace.
To find out more, open or download the full Guidance here.
Additional Information
Go to Mandatory Risk Assessments page where you can download the following:
General Manual Handling Risk Assessment
Task Specific Manual Handling Risk Assessment
Task Specific Manual Handling Risk Assessment, and 3 completed examples in respect of:
Receiving Goods Deliveries,
Providing a Hospitality Service when the Lift Is Not Working,
Filling a Canned Drinks Vending Machine
Click below to download three colour posters (branded Compass) on manual handling safety:
Poster 1 Poster 2 Poster 3
External Guidance
Health & Safety Executive guidance documents:
Ergonomics and Human Factors at Work
Getting to Grips with Manual Handling
Moving Food and Drink
Preventing Back Pain etc. to Kitchen and Food Service Staff
Risk Assessment of Pushing and Pulling - (RAPP) Tool 2016
Guidance documents from the Health and Safety Authority in Ireland:
