A new European Directive covering all musculoskeletal disorders. (MSDs); one on Manual Handling and another on the use of Display Screen Equipment.
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Manual handling of loads involving risk. The object of this Directive is to ensure that workers are protected against the risks involved in the manual handling of.
European directives on safety and health at work
Objective This Directive lays down minimum health and safety requirements for the manual handling of loads where there is a risk particularly of back injury to workers.
Article 153 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union gives the EU the authority to adopt directives in the field of safety and health at work. The Framework Directive, with its wide scope of application, and further directives focusing on specific aspects of safety and health at work are the fundamentals of European safety and health legislation. Member States are free to adopt stricter rules for the protection of workers when transposing EU directives into national law.
- Study on the Impact of Directive 96/67/EC on Ground Handling Services 1996-2007 Final Report February 2009 Contact: Airport Research Center.
- L23 “Manual handling Operations Regulations 1992 (as amended)”, Subject File 313. (SI 1992 No 2793) implement the EC Manual Handling Directive (90/269/EEC).
- Article 153 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union gives the EU the authority to adopt directives in the field of safety and health at work.
- In 1990 the European Union (EU) introduced a directive to protect workers against the risks involved in handling heavy loads. This paper reports on a benchmarki.