Amendment of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
4. Regulation 4 of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 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 1999;
(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 Regulations 1999.”.