Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS 1996 - REG 3.4

3.4 .         Manual handling

        (1)         In this regulation —

        manual handling means any activity requiring the use of force exerted by a person to lift, lower, push, pull, carry or otherwise move, hold or restrain a person, animal or thing.

        (2)         Without limiting regulation 3.1, a person who, at a workplace, is an employer, the main contractor or a self‑employed person must, as far as practicable —

            (a)         identify each hazard that is likely to arise from manual handling at the workplace; and

            (b)         assess the risk of injury or harm to a person resulting from each hazard, if any, identified under paragraph (a); and

            (c)         consider the means by which the risk may be reduced.

        Penalty: the regulation 1.16 penalty.

        [Regulation 3.4 amended in Gazette 14 Dec 2004 p. 6018.]