Health & Safety At Work

[Dajstar]

I'll try a shortcut on here .

My job as a renal / dialysis delivery driver includes regular deliveries to patients homes of which on many occasions we are required to take the boxes upstairs.
These boxes weigh 11kg each and often there are in excess of 50-60 at a time.
So after 25-30 trips upstairs carrying 22kg i am ready to drop !!

Looking on the HSE website it's a minefield of information , is there anybody on here that could say if that kind of thing is acceptable or too excessive ??

Thanks in advance.

[bednobs]

send them up on the stairlift

[hc4361]

Are you saying you deliver 60 of these boxes to one house?

[fiction-factory]

I think these deliveries must be being made to Care Homes, otherwise I can't see why so many would be delivered to one address.
What do you suggest the company should do Dajstar to make things easier for you and your colleagues?

[vulcan42]

To those who think 22kg isn't a lot to carry can I suggest you put 24 X 2 lb bags of sugar in a box and carry it upstairs a few times.

[fiction-factory]

I don't think anyone has suggested it isn't a lot to carry, vulcan.