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Raising the bar 8. Manual handling
Publication Year
2016
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Aims to improve manual handling techniques on highway projects, looking at the main hazards, the types of operations where they can occur, the minimum requirement for best practice, design of works, storage, mechanising operations, manual handling controls, risk assessment, training, monitoring and reporting and includes a case study.
Document History
The delivery hub health, safety and environment. B8. First issued March 2013, Revised November 2016.
Publisher Information
Highways England
Highways England is now known as National Highways and was responsible for the operation, maintenance and improvement of England's motorways and major A roads. It was an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Transport and was formerly known as Highways Agency.
National Traffic Operations Centre
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Quinton Business Park
Birmingham
HE
UK
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