Health and Safety: Guidance Booklets 196 Moving food and drink. Manual handling solutions for the food and drink industries. 2nd edition
Publication Year
2014
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Applies to all employers in the food and drink industries whose work might be putting their employees' muscles and joints at risk of damage. It shows simple and cost-effective ways of reducing acute and chronic injuries - the solutions described were successful answers to actual problems experienced by companies. Case studies included cover raw materials handling, production, packing into containers, stacking/moving containers, handling equipment and off-site delivery.
Document History
Supersedes version dated July 2000. HSG196 (Second edition, published 2014) - produced January 2014. The introduction in this new edition has been revised but the case studies remain unchanged.
Publisher Information
Health and Safety Executive
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