0
Hazard Exposures Eliminated Per Year
0
Suspended-load exposures removed (operative beside chained lift)
0
Manual lifts & carries eliminated per year
0
Dust-exposure hours brought under engineering control
£0
Banksman / second-operative hours freed (annual value)
0–0
Estimated days-lost risk avoided per year
£0–£0
Indicative injury-cost exposure avoided per year
Compliance Position Strengthened
✓MHOR 1992 — hazardous manual handling avoided, not just assessed. The regulation's first requirement, met by mechanisation.
✓COSHH 2002 — at-source water suppression is an engineering control; RPE becomes the supplement the hierarchy intends, not the primary defence.
✓LOLER 1998 — chainless single-operator lifts simplify lift planning; no chains to inspect, no operative in the load zone.
✓CDM 2015 — demonstrable engineering controls for dust strengthen the principal contractor's Construction Phase Plan.
Methodology & honesty note. This tool models risk exposure removed, not a prediction of specific injuries. Days-lost and cost ranges are indicative, derived from HSE statistics: handling injuries account for ~17% of UK non-fatal workplace injuries; 52% of construction MSDs link to manual handling; HSE's Costs to Britain model puts the average employer cost of a non-fatal injury case in the low thousands of pounds, with serious cases far higher. Bands shown use conservative incidence and cost assumptions. Sources: HSE annual statistics 2024/25; HSE Costs to Britain.
Step 04 → For Your Director / Board
Safety is half the governance case. The environmental impact — CO₂, fuel, water, spill containment — completes it.