legislation for min working area

Can't help on the legislation front I'm afraid but if the glass is even slightly heavy I'd have thought from a health and safety perspective any sort of awkward movement / bending would be best avoided.

I have to watch a 40 min dvd every year on how to pick up my bag correctly so I'm sure something will cover it.
 
yes definitely a health and safety problem, we all did a manual handling test there a couple of weeks ago too and it said you need to pick up things without obstructions and this barrow is an obstruction in picking up the glass



[edit] lol, answered my own question, it will be in the manual handling regulations :D
 
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boss not listening - Take it further.

If i was a boss,I would certainly listen to my workers and what issues they have,if he doesn't have time for this..he isn't a good boss and doesn't deserve the position.
 
Not been keeping on top of my H&S regs recently, but it sounds like this could have been covered by the Manual Handling Regulations (1992 I think).

I'm not sure if they've been updated or superseded though, but it should give you a place to start.
 
Toughening plant?
yeah it's an arrissing line, so annealed glass is coming off

Have a look at this: http://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/workplace.htm

He has to provide you with "enough" room space and "suitable" workstations - you'll need to have a grown up discussion with him about whether your workstation is suitable and there's enough room. On the other hand he has to keep the walkways clear as well.
the walkway seems to have only been painted in to make the room look more pretty, there's another walkway behind the machine that goes from one end of the room to the other, i think this area should be a working area and not a walking area as you can't turn a 1.5+ metre length around without going onto the walkway

This would be manual handling mainly, perhaps with a general dose of H&S.

The problem there is that there is significant scope for opinions when you do your manual handling assessment (http://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac/) or a broader risk assessment.

Fill in one of these and see what it says: https://www.hse.gov.uk/forms/mac/macscore.pdf


Some people probably wouldn't fit in a 55cm gap!
thanks, i'll fill that in and find the H+S rep on my shift, and yes it is a tight gap considering my shoes are nearly 30cm long, so that gives me 25cm of room to get out of the way of breaking glass :eek:

i just needed some law or something to show them it's not right as in past experience they don't seem to listen sometimes if they are being told they are wrong.


Thank you everyone! :D
 
This would be manual handling mainly, perhaps with a general dose of H&S.

The problem there is that there is significant scope for opinions when you do your manual handling assessment (http://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/mac/) or a broader risk assessment.

Fill in one of these and see what it says: https://www.hse.gov.uk/forms/mac/macscore.pdf


Some people probably wouldn't fit in a 55cm gap!

I agree with this fully, and in my experience I work on a minimum of 1m but more if I can. Working with anneal glass as well; does the RA / SOP include adequate manual handling instructions and what to do in case of material failure (you dropped it!)
 
yeah it's an arrissing line, so annealed glass is coming off

I worked at Pilks years ago and we had much the same setup. The amount of blokes ending up in casualty was ridiculous because they were struggling to load the toughener between the loading bed and the glass stillage.
 
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