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Home > Workplace Health > Manual Handling > Manual Handling Guidance Documents

Manual Handling Guidance Documents

This section details all guidance published by the Health and Safety Authority which relates to Manual Handling:

  • Guide on Manual Handling Risk Assessment in the Hospitality Sector
  • Guidance on the New Manual Handling Training System
  • Guide to the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007. Chapter 4 of Part 2: Manual Handling of Loads
  • Guide to the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007: Chapter 5 of Part 2: Display Screen Equipment
  • Management of Manual Handling in the Workplace
  • Caring with Minimal Lifting
  • Ergonomics in the Workplace

 

 

 

 


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