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Mail Box 111,
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542 Footscray Rd,
West Melbourne, VIC, 3003

Tel: 03 9687-4707
Fax: 03 9687-4723

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Manual Handling Solutions

Picking, planting and packing vegetables involves many repetitive, manual activities which can lead to injuries needing medical treatment or time off work.

In March 2011, The Victorian Farm Safety Centre began a project to help growers identify and control manual handling hazards on vegetable farms.

The project has developed a number of "Health and Safety Solutions" with the vegetable industry.

These solutions target known muscular-skeletal disorders which may occur as a result of hazardous manual handling practices in vegetable production.

Each of these solutions can be achieved with little or no cost outlay and will reduce the risk of workplace injuries on vegetable farms.

	1. Issues with Manual Handling
	2. Handling Seedling Trays
	3. Transplanting Vegetable Seedlings
	4. Harvesting by Hand
	5. Packing Field Bins
	6. Field Bins in the Packing Shed
	7. Sorting & Grading on Packing Lines
	8. Packing on Packing Lines
	9. Lifting Boxes & Crates
	10. Stacking Pallets
	11. Handling Cartons & Crates

See Also :

Workplace Safety - mobile phones & devices - 31 Jan 2012

Workplace Safety - slow moving machinery - 27 Jan 2012

Reducing injuries on your farm - 7 Mar 2011

Farm Safety - Vegetables Victoria website

For more information contact :

Helena Whitman IDO - West	John Runting IDO - East
0407 772 299	0417 356 364
idowest@vgavic.org.au	idoeast@vgavic.org.au

Rod Hall VGA Membership Services 0403 215 935 members@vgavic.org.au

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2012-03-23 Lindenow - Manual Handling Workshop

You are invited to a Growers workshop to discuss the development of simple, practical solutions to a wide range of common manual handling issues associated with... See event details.

2012-02-24 Cranbourne - Manual Handling Workshop

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2012-02-22 Werribee - Manual Handling Workshop

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2011-11-05 Regional Dinner Dance

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