Manual handling in the food manufacturing industry

Guidance on the following pages may help employers in the food manufacturing industry eliminate or reduce risks to employees whose work involves manual handling.

This guidance may help employers control the risk of injury to employees who handle bags of ingredients in the food manufacturing industry.

Guidance on this page may help employers control risks to employees handling 205-litre drums in the food manufacturing industry.

This guidance can help employers control the risks to employees handling tubs or containers of products in the food manufacturing industry.

Guidance on this page may help employers control risks to employees handling spindles and rolls of packaging.

This guidance can help employers control risks from high forces, awkward postures and back bending when employees fill, lift and tip buckets to add liquid ingredients.

Guidance on this page may help employers control risks to employees corking or capping bottles in the food manufacturing industry.

This guidance may help employers control risks to employees whose work involves lifting, lowering, filling, weighing and stitching bags or sacks in the food manufacturing industry.

This guidance can help employers control risks to employees handling empty bottles, jars or containers on or off conveyors and in and out of storage.