Search job classifications in the WRULD DB

DSE use:	Using Hand Operated Tools	Light manual work
Keyboard use: (not DSE)	Using Powered Hand Tools	Manual handling
	Operating equipment/machine/controls

To assist in searching the wide range of tasks that are alleged to have given rise to injuries and to find cases associated with similar types of work, a glossary of task search terms has been developed and the pertinent search terms applied to each case. While many of the tasks that are alleged to have given rise to injuries fall clearly into distinct categories such as: DSE use; Non-DSE Keyboard use; Using hand operated tools; Using powered hand tools; and Operating some sort of equipment, machine or controls, the remaining tasks can be categorised in a variety of ways. The way chosen distinguishes between cases in which the predominant activity that is alleged to have caused injury involves: assembling, manipulating, inspecting, sorting or packing some sort of relatively light product or component, repetitively, which for present purposes is described as 'Light manual work'; and manually handling, carrying, lifting, loading, pushing or pulling items of other than trivial weight, which for present purposes is described as 'Manual handling'.

In cases where there is insufficient detail in the Judgment about the nature of the allegedly injurious work to determine the precise activities involved, the case has been assigned on the basis of whether the alleged injury appears to have been caused by the repetitive nature of the work (Light manual work) or more by the effort involved (Manual handling). This is not to say that the cases assigned to the 'Light manual work' category do not involve effort or are not manual handling operations within the meaning of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations or that the cases assigned to the 'Manual handling' category do not involve repetitive activities or are necessarily manual handling operations within the meaning of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations. Indeed, it is clear from the Judgments that what constitutes a manual handling operation within the meaning of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations is open to interpretation. (See commentary on the Manual Handling Operations Regulations)

DSE use:	Using Hand Operated Tools	Light manual work
Keyboard use: (not DSE)	Using Powered Hand Tools	Manual handling
	Operating equipment/machine/controls

DSE use:	Keyboard use: (not DSE)
Computer mouse use	Keyboard use:
DSE use:	Keyboard use: add-listing cheques
DSE use: administrative tasks	Keyboard use: adding machine
DSE use: alphanumeric data entry	Keyboard use: audio & copy typing
DSE use: audio & copy typing	Keyboard use: audio typing
DSE use: audio typing	Keyboard use: copy typing
DSE use: cashier	Keyboard use: copytaking
DSE use: copy typing	Keyboard use: encoding cheques
DSE use: copytaking	Keyboard use: form filling
DSE use: data enquiry	Keyboard use: legal secretarial
DSE use: data entry	Keyboard use: post code entry
DSE use: data entry / administrative tasks	Keyboard use: sub-editing
DSE use: data entry / enquiry	Keyboard use: typesetting
DSE use: data input & word processing	Keyboard use: typing
DSE use: data processing
DSE use: database data input
DSE use: database management
DSE use: form filling
DSE use: legal secretarial
DSE use: numeric data entry
DSE use: reading & data enquiry
DSE use: secretarial word processing
DSE use: secretarial work
DSE use: sub-editing
DSE use: telephone switchboard
DSE use: typesetting
DSE use: typing
DSE use: word processing

Using Hand Operated Tools	Using Powered Hand Tools	Operating equipment/machine/controls
Carpenter	Rivetting	Grinding reamers
Factory butchering	Use of a compressed air gun	Ironing
Fettling crockery	Use of a pneumatic screwdriver	Machine sewing
Labouring clearing sites	Use of a sander	Machine sewing of hooks & eyes onto bras
Operating a glue gun	Use of a spray gun	Machining metal
Poultry processing: deboning	Use of a staple gun	Manual hand press operation
Poultry processing: evisceration	Use of an air operated sander	Operating a capstan lathe
Use of a crow bar	Use of an automatic screwdriver	Operating a thermostat calibration unit
Use of a deburring tool	Use of an orbital sander	Operating security locks on doors
Use of a hammer	Use of electric grinding tools	Pouring steel
Use of a hammer & centre punch	Use of hand held vibrating tools	Power press operation
Use of a hand held crimping tool		Use of hand operated control(s)
Use of a hypodermic gun		Use of hand-held control box
Use of a knife		Use of industrial mixer
Use of a screwdriver
Use of a sealant gun
Use of a security tag gun
Use of a sledge hammer
Use of a syringe
Use of an adhesive tape gun
Use of clippers & pliers
Use of hand held tools, setting up machine
Use of pliers
Use of pliers & scalpel
Use of scissors
Use of spring-loaded cutters
Use of tin snips
Use of torque wrench
Use of tweezers

Light manual work	Manual handling
Assembling light fittings	Dipping crockery
Bar code reading pen use	Erecting, maintaining and repairing transmission lines and poles
Buttering ?	Handling / Carrying bags of flour
Cleaning trays	Handling / Carrying folders
Clerical	Handling / Carrying: briefcases
Collating documents	Handling / Carrying: castings
Counting money	Handling / Carrying: children, buckets & toys
Electric motor winding	Handling / Cleaning: glass & ceramic ware
Handling / Assembling circuit boards	Handling / Filling: plastic bags of filler
Handling / Assembling vehicle wiring looms	Handling / Inspecting steel stock
Handling / Filling: coleslaw pots	Handling / Inspecting: freezers
Handling / Inspecting circuit boards	Handling / Inspecting: insulators
Handling / Inspecting vehicle wiring looms	Handling / Inspecting: motors
Handling / Inspecting: lettered sheets	Handling / Inspecting: pig carcasses
Handling / Inspecting: stock bottles of prescription drugs	Handling a box of sausages
Handling / Inspecting: surgical gloves	Handling a jig
Handling cosmetics	Handling a teapot
Handling crockery	Handling axle stands
Handling electrical leads	Handling brackets
Handling mixing bowls	Handling buckets of water
Handling money	Handling cardboard boxes
Handling pot plants	Handling coil cylinders
Handling pots and pans	Handling coils
Handling sausages	Handling crockery moulds
Handling sheets of cardboard	Handling drinking flasks
Handling steel hooks	Handling electronic coils
Light assembly	Handling fluorescent light tubes
Making artists brushes	Handling knives
Making envelopes	Handling large bottles of water
Making sandwiches	Handling laundry
Operating a supermarket checkout	Handling metal tubes
Packing ?	Handling packing cases
Packing bags of crisps	Handling road traffic cones
Packing cakes	Handling scenery
Packing paper tissues	Handling sheets of card
Packing prints and negatives into wallets	Handling sheets of metal
Packing surgical gloves	Handling steel blanks
Painting & gilding crockery	Handling washing
Painting pottery	Handling wires
Performing Shiatsu massage	Loading cardboard tubes
Poultry processing: bagging	Loading gears
Poultry processing: bagging/skinning	Loading paper
Poultry processing: trussing	Loading rubber components
Pressing and straightening fork prongs	Making roofing panels
Pressing pizza dough into pans	Poultry processing: lifting / moving boxes
Process work	Pushing a tea trolley
Screwing caps on plastic bottles	Shelf stacking
Sorting mail	Stripping cardboard from blocks of frozen fish
Spot welding wire components
Use of a 2inch gauge hose
Use of bulldog clips and wing nuts

Last updated: 26/03/2014