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Division 2 Physical effort required

United Kingdom

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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.

Notes on Annex I

Footnotes

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