Council Directive of 29 May 1990 on the minimum health and safety requirements for the manual handling of loads where there is a risk particularly of back injury to workers (fourth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (90/269/EEC) (c. 269)

ANNEX I(1) U.K. REFERENCE FACTORS(Article 3 (2), Article 4 (a) and (b) and Article 6 (2))

2. Physical effort required U.K.

A physical effort may present a risk particularly of back injury if it is:

• too strenuous,

• only achieved by a twisting movement of the trunk,

• likely to result in a sudden movement of the load,

• made with the body in an unstable posture.

(1)

With a view to making a multi-factor analysis, reference may be made simultaneously to the various factors listed in Annexes I and II.