# 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), Division 1: Characteristics of the load

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The manual handling of a load may present a risk particularly of back injury if it is:
too heavy or too large,
unwieldy or difficult to grasp,
unstable or has contents likely to shift,
positioned in a manner requiring it to be held or manipulated at a distance from the trunk, or with a bending or twisting of the trunk,
likely, because of its contours and/or consistency, to result in injury to workers, particularly in the event of a collision.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1990/269/annex/I/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1990-269/annex-I/division-1
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