My employers are unreasonable, what is the law on Manual Handling to protect employees?
Your employer has legal obligation s under the ‘Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (the 2004 revision of the Guidance of these regulations is available from HSE Books price £8.95) . Employers must make a sufficient and suitable risk assessment to identify the possibility of risk to employees from the manual handling of loads. This is a legal requirement and the regulations should be complied with. The Regulations set out a hierarchy of measures which should be followed to reduce the risks from manual handling. These are set out in regulation 4(1) and are as follows: • Avoid hazardous manual handling operations so far as is reasonably practicable; • Assess any hazardous manual handling operations that cannot be avoided; • Reduce the risk of injury so far as reasonably practicable. For specific advice on your situation, you should contact Infoline. They will be able to talk through the issues with you and suggest the next steps to take. You can do this on a formal or anonymous b
