Manual handling at work

Manual handling means transporting or supporting a load by hand or bodily force. It includes lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying or moving loads.

Manual handling policy and form

The Manual Handling policy helps managers and others to comply with the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992. 

Manual Handling Policy (HSP 9.04) (DOCX, 609KB)

Manual Handling Assessment Form (HSF 020 (DOCX, 66KB)

What the law says

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

  • avoiding hazardous manual handling, so far as reasonably practicable - get manual handling advice from HSE
  • assessing the risk of injury from any hazardous manual handling operations that cannot be avoided
  • reducing the risk of injury from hazardous manual handling to as low as reasonably practicable