Following a risk assessment at The National Technical Centre, the Technical team has altered a work practice to reduce manual handling and rely more on mechanical aids.

Previously the team would stack cubes for compressive strength testing onto trolleys and push these from one building (where they are stored for curing) to the lab where they are tested for compressive strength.  They have had some bespoke cages manufactured which can be loaded with cubes, transported by a forklift and then the cage placed on the trolley for final manoeuvring into the correct lab for tests. The benefit of this is a reduction in manual handling for the teams.

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