Weight up stairs

[shrimpster]

Hi All,

Anyone know where i can find guidance on what weight a postman can carry up a flight of stairs?? Box and bag wise.

Many thanks.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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[POSTMAN]

It's 5k,no doubt Fish could tell you exactly where he got this from...
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[fishtank]

Walk Risk Assessment. Where extreme terrain conditions

Each Delivery Round must be subjected to a Walk Risk Assessment. Where extreme terrain conditions are encountered on a particular walk, e.g. steep slopes or many stairs, pouch weights can be reduced to manage the musculoskeletal injury risks further. Ergonomic studies have provided guidance of 8 kg for greater than 1:12 slopes and 5 kg for greater than 1:8 slopes or predominantly going up stairs. There are several factors in setting appropriate values, such as the number of slopes or stairs encountered and the time period over which the pouch is emptied in delivering the mail. This should be determined through local walk risk assessment, working to the guidance provided in the new Royal Mail Letters Safety Standard SMS2.A2 and the associated WTL&L 'WRAP' Guidance, in consultation with the workforce and CWU Safety Representative. Note: Due to Risk Assessment the 16Kg Pouch doesn't have to be the first pouch on the walk and the 16kg/11kg weights can be reduced to for example 8kg/5kg on lots of stairs, steep inclines or due to individual capability following risk assessment.

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[Danelectro]

Ergonomic studies have provided guidance of 8 kg for greater than 1:12 slopes and 5 kg for greater than 1:8 slopes or predominantly going up stairs.

Watch out for predominantly upstairs,my ASM thinks that a delivery predominantly upstairs
must be over 85% stairs,though he didnt say if that was 85% of delivery time or 85% of delivery points.You really need
your AHS rep and the majority of the office on board to have any danger of getting your delivery planned round 5kg bags.Good luck

[motherhubbard]

We were told anything over 36 tenements counts as predominantly stairs.

[Danelectro]

We were told anything over 36 tenements counts as predominantly stairs.

Whoever told you that over 36 tenements is predominantly upstairs is a fair minded human being, where as my ASM
has more in common with micro bacteria than the human race.I never managed in 4 years of trying to get time given to
reduce bag weights on stairs and some of the deliveries are nigh on 100% stairs.Im sure if most of the staff in the office had
kicked up a fuss something would have got done but they didnt so nothing has changed.

Going through revision in my office at the moment and spoke to planner the other day and he says he will planning 5kg bag loops on the park and loop duties,so at least he accepts the weights and size of loops have to be adjusted when climbing stairs,
though the delivery spans will be a lot longer than 3.5 hours.Im sure it will turn out smashing.

[not me]

TBH 36 seems a high number
thats over 550 with 16 flats per stair
I would say a delivery with 400+ flats is predominately stairs