It has been brought to your attention that the caretaker has been lifting heavy goods. What should you do?

Using the Guidelines for Managing Safety, Health and Welfare in Post Primary Schools, a formal manual handling risk assessment should be carried out by the school and where it has been identified that manual handling is a risk within the School, then manual handling training must be provided to those who are involved in manual handling activities. E.g. Caretaker

Additionally, controls should be put in place to reduce the risk e.g. Trolleys available, appropriate storage etc.