Risk Management
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Manual tasks, also known as manual handling, involve using your body to lift, lower, push, pull, carry, or otherwise move, hold, or restrain any person, animal, or thing. Manual tasks cover a wide range of activities, including:
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ExamplesAn employer and/or PCBU has a legal duty eliminate or minimise risks to health and safety of manualworkers tasksat include:work in their business or undertaking.
The person with management or control of a workplace also has a legal duty to make sure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that there are no health and safety risks to anyone working in or visiting the workplace. This includes when people are entering or exiting the workplace. It generally does not include residences, unless the residence is occupied for the purpose of conducting a business.
A workplace can include a vehicle, vessel, aircraft, mobile structure or any installation on water that a worker might be at while at work.
stacking shelvesworking on a conveyor lineentering data into a computer.
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