CASES & TROLLEYS
RESOURCES

GETTING TO GRIPS WITH MANUAL HANDLING:

Further Reading

HSE’s website on musculoskeletal disorders:

Manual handling. Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (as amended):

Guidance on Regulations L23 (Third edition) HSE Books 2004

ISBN 0 7176 2823 X

This booklet gives comprehensive guidance, including:

● The full text of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992

(as amended in 2002) with detailed advice on each regulation;

● Guidelines for assessing risk while lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling,

and handling while seated;

● Practical advice on measures to reduce the risk of injury; and

● An example of an assessment checklist.

Manual handling: Solutions you can handle HSG115 HSE Books 1994 ISBN 0 7176 0693 7

A pain in your workplace? Ergonomic problems and solutions HSG121 HSE Books 1994 ISBN 0 7176 0668 6

GETTING TO GRIPS WITH MANUAL HANDLING