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The moments after a manual handling accident are often confusing. Most people don’t expect to get injured doing a task they’ve done hundreds of times before, so the first reaction is usually to brush it off, finish the shift, or hope the pain settles. We...

Manual handling is one of those areas where myths spread quickly. Most workers pick up bits of advice from colleagues, old training sessions, or habits that have been passed down over the years. Some of it is harmless. Some of it is flat‑out wrong. And...

Healthcare is one of the sectors where we see the highest number of manual handling injuries. Nurses, carers, porters, and support staff deal with physical demands that most other industries never come close to. The work is unpredictable, often rushed, and rarely carried out in...

When someone is injured while lifting, carrying, pushing, or moving something at work, the first question they usually ask is whether they have a valid claim. It’s a fair question, and one we hear often at Faircloughs. Most people don’t want to “blame” their employer...

When we look back at the manual handling cases we’ve handled at Faircloughs, one theme appears again and again: the workplace itself made the task unsafe long before the injury happened. People often assume manual handling injuries are caused by “lifting wrong” or “not being...

When we speak to workers after a manual handling accident, one of the first questions we ask is whether they received any training. The answers vary, but the pattern is familiar: a quick video shown years ago, a brief demonstration during induction, or a session...

Most workplaces will tell you they carry out manual handling risk assessments. On paper, that might even be true. But when we speak to people after an accident, a different picture usually emerges. Workers often say they’ve never seen a risk assessment for the job...

Most workers have heard of “manual handling regulations” at some point, usually during a rushed induction or a training session that hasn’t been updated in years. But when we speak to people after an accident, it’s clear that many don’t actually know what the law...

Manual handling injuries are something we come across constantly at Faircloughs. They happen in places you’d expect — warehouses, construction sites, hospitals — and in places you might not think about at all, like small retail stockrooms or offices where staff are asked to move...

Manual handling accidents are one of the issues we deal with most often at Faircloughs, and they tend to follow a familiar pattern. Someone is asked to lift, carry, push, or move something that isn’t as straightforward as it looks. The task might be rushed,...