RoSPA tracks trends in training

The Royal Society for the
Prevention of Accidents
has brought its moving and
handling training up to date
with the introduction of an
electronic device that helps
trainees adopt – and keep –
good manual handling
habits.

The movement tracking
device is worn on a belt and
monitors the wearer’s
movement and posture,
picking up on movements
such as stooping that are a
risk factor in back injury.

The technology can be
tailored to individual needs
and has built-in activation
thresholds which vibrate
and make a sound to alert
the wearer to their risky
behaviour, gradually
conditioning employees to
make changes to their
handling routines.

In use on all its manual
handling and safer people
handling training courses,
RoSPA hopes the system
will enable delegates to take
control of their own learning
and correct mistakes in
posture and movement.