Safety & Health in the Stone Crushing Industry - Occupational ...

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D.3 Checklist: Ergonomic Workplace Design and Manual
Handling of Loads
This checklist has been developed to provide guidance on hazard identification in industrial workplaces
concerning safe work practices while handling loads. It should help in a stone crushing unit to assess
specific jobs and see if they pose a risk to health of the workers. Not all of these questions apply to all
workplaces. To calculate the correct score you need to exclude the topics, which are not applicable.
It is confined to questions that can be easily answered by observation and questioning the workers. It
is therefore not all inclusive in coverage. Answers that do not comply with the preset ones () indicate
problem areas, which should receive further attention. Further investigation may be required to assess
risks and make a decision on whether corrective measures are required.
Facility name and location:
Date:
Evaluation conducted by:
Work area inspected:
Area Yes No Comments
Do the jobs involve high rates of repetitive motion?
Do workers have to maintain the same posture over
extended periods of time?
Are the weights of loads to be lifted judged to be
acceptable by the workers?
Are materials moved over long distances?
Do workers have to adopt awkward postures, e.g.
squatting, crouching, reaching above shoulder
height?
Does material handling include
− reaching in extension of arms and legs?
− twisting at the waist?
− movements below knuckle height and above
shoulder height?
− sudden movements during handling?
− static muscle loading?
Is the distance between the object/load and the body
as small as possible?
Are walking surfaces
− level?
− wide enough?
− clean and dry?