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Services - Manual Handling

Risk Assessments, Training

Legislation requires employers to undertake a risk assessment of any manual handling operation where manual handling is unavoidable which involve a risk of injury or damage to health, particularly back injury.

Effective manual handling risk assessment involves employees and/or safety representative participating and contributing to the process that identifies hazards, assess and prevents or controls risk factors that can lead to musculoskeletal disorders (MSD).