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Is there a maximum weight a person can lift during their work?

April 26, 2017lift maximum person weight

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Is there a maximum weight a person can lift during their work?

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A28. The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (as amended) do not set a specific weight limit but rather focuses on the needs of the individual carrying out manual handling tasks and provides a hierarchy of measures for safety during manual handling operations: • Avoid hazardous manual handling operations as far as is reasonably practicable. • Make a suitable and sufficient risk assessment of manual handling operations that cannot be avoided. • Reduce the risk of injury from those operations so far as is reasonably practicably. Further detailed advice on manual handling risk assessments are available in the priced HSE publication, “Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992-Guidance on Regulations” Ref L23 ISBN 0-7176-2315-3.