Addressing the Key Issues - Struck by Objects

Being injured by a moving object (e.g. an item falling or a cut from a hand knife) accounts for 15% of injuries reported to HSE in the food and drink industries. This is the third largest category of reported injuries after manual handling and slips. The number of injuries from this cause is over 1,500 per year.

A third of the injuries are caused by falling objects (e.g. an item falling from a storage rack), a quarter are from hand tools (especially hand knives) with the third highest cause being hit by moving pallet trucks etc.

To check how you are managing struck by object hazards go to: Level 3 self assessment.

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