Amendment of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992
4. Regulation 4 of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(1) shall be amended by adding the following paragraph –
“(3) In determining for the purposes of this regulation whether manual handling operations at work involve a risk of injury and in determining the appropriate steps to reduce that risk regard shall be had in particular to –
(a)the physical suitability of the employee to carry out the operations;
(b)the clothing, footwear or other personal effects he is wearing;
(c)his knowledge and training;
(d)the results of any relevant risk assessment carried out pursuant to regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(2);
(e)whether the employee is within a group of employees identified by that assessment as being especially at risk; and
(f)the results of any health surveillance provided pursuant to regulation 6 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000.”.