United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, English

The law sets out how employers must deal with risks from manual handling:

• avoid hazardous manual handling, so far as reasonably practicable
• assess the risk of injury from any hazardous manual handling operations that cannot be avoided
• reduce the risk of injury from hazardous manual handling to as low as reasonably practicable

The weight of a load is important, though the law does not set specific weight limits.
In some cases, you must provide information about the weight and position of the centre of gravity of each load, if there is a risk of injury and it is reasonably practicable to do this.
This guide gives information and material on the topic.

Level of Education: Continuing vocational education and training

Lead Organisation: HSE

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