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OCTOBER UPDATE
Posted on: Friday, 28th October 2011
Our coach drivers are trained to use the following manual handling techniques to minimise the potential for workplace injuries. Some of the basic points they have to be aware of include:
- • Bending their knees: most of the power comes from the quadriceps
- • Keeping their feet at shoulder width apart to maintain stability when lifting
- • Keeping their backs as straight as possible whilst lifting
- • Keeping their arms close to the body: this reduces stresses on the back
- • Gripping objects with fingers and palms: not carrying items on shoulder or underarm
- • Keeping their heads straight and chins tucked in to prevent neck and shoulder injuries
- • Not twisting; probably the most important point. The spine is not strong when twisted and is easily damaged.
- • Exercising: it increases core strength which ensures they can endure higher forces and loads.
$1 billion is to be spent on the Melbourne Airport over the next five years to improve the terminal facilities and road networks. To improve traffic flow around the terminal the first stage of the Forecourt Redevelopment will be separating passenger buses, authorised buses, shuttle buses and courtesy vehicles from general public cars. To do this .jpg)
they are providing buses with dedicated lanes. Private vehicles will not be permitted to access the dedicated bus lanes.
they are providing buses with dedicated lanes. Private vehicles will not be permitted to access the dedicated bus lanes.Parking for coaches in the Central Business District is becoming an issue. So it is pleasing to confirm that 30 bus parks have been included in the final Olympic Blvrd planned site. We need to lobby all new building sites to ensure that they consider bus parking in their plans.
We did a tour to Cooma and the Snowy Mountains this month. Some places of interest on the tour were: Jindabyne, a new town created after the original settlement was drowned by the Snowy Mountains Hyrdro-electricity Authority in the late 1960’s, Thredbo, an Alpine retreat and Lake Eucumbene, one of the main water storages feeding the irrigation farms of the Murray and Murrumbidgee.
