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Guidance on the Managementof Manual Handling inthe Workplace 10GUIDANCE ON THE Management OF Manual Handling IN THE WORKPLACE1Guidance on the Managementof Manual Handling inthe WorkplacePublished in June 2005 by the Health and Safety Authority, 10 Hogan Place, Dublin 2. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without theprior permission of the Health and Safety 1-84496-023-4GUIDANCE ON THE Management OF Manual Handling IN THE WORKPLACE2Table of Contents.

2003, 34% of reportable accidents were injuries due to manual handling activity. It is accepted that there are situations where the cause of injury may be multi-faceted, however the official H.S.A. statistics do show a large incidence of injury due to manual handling activity.

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