Manual handling on residential sites
Manual handling on residential sites is covered fully at Chalkline. See our complete guide to WHS Reg 60 duties, controls, and common site hazards.
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The full guide to manual handling on residential construction sites lives at:
Manual handling on residential sites: WHS Regulations Part 4.2
That article covers everything relevant to builders, chippies, brickies, plasterers, roofers and concretors working on residential projects:
- What makes a task “hazardous” under WHS Reg 60
- The risk control hierarchy applied to common site materials (plasterboard, bricks, fibre cement, pre-cast elements)
- PCBU duties: identify, eliminate, minimise, consult, train
- What goes wrong and how prosecutions have followed
- Practical controls for working at height, in awkward postures, and with heavy repeated lifts
Manual handling injuries (body stressing) are the single biggest injury mechanism on Australian sites, accounting for 34.5% of all serious workers compensation claims. Every builder on a residential site has obligations under Reg 60, whether they are the principal contractor or a subie on someone else’s job.
Go to the full article: Manual handling: WHS Regulations Part 4.2
Quick links from that article
- Hierarchy of controls — the legal framework for selecting controls
- SWMS: when required — pre-cast and tilt-up elements trigger HRCW category 14
- HRCW list — full list of high risk construction work categories
- PPE for residential construction — PPE is always last resort under the hierarchy
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