Lifters and carriers assist with lifting and carrying items or people from one point to another, higher, lower or across distances. This can include lifting in a healthcare or industrial setting, private home care situation or transporting a mobility device.
Workplace solutions and adjustments
For people with a disability that restricts the capacity to lift and manouvre items within the workplace, specific lifters and carriers may be of assistance to minimise work lifting requirements. However, the provision of lifting equipment should be part of an integrated organisational approach to occupational health and safety, and should be used to complement other manual handling hazard control methods. For information on specific lifters and carriers see the links below:
References
Independent Living Centres Australia Inc. 2011, Lifting, Transferring & Standing Equipment—Slings, Independent Living Centres Australia Inc., Sydney, viewed 3 September 2011, http://www.ilcaustralia.org/search3.<sp?State=NSW&MC=44&MinC=1.
WorkCover New South Wales 2010, Manual Handling—Hierarchy of Controls, New South Wales Government, Sydney, viewed 3 September 2011, http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au/formspublications/publications/Documents/hierarchy_of_controls_5620.pdf.