# 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 2: Physical effort required

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

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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1990/269/annex/I/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1990-269/annex-I/division-2
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