Guide to preventing injury from packing and unpacking shipping containers and enclosed trailers

What it contains

This guide outlines an employer’s occupational health and safety duties for employees who pack and unpack shipping containers and enclosed trailers. It advises employers about the risks and safe working systems for employees packing and unpacking:

• stone slabs
• palletised loads
• large, bulky, awkward loads
• loose-packed loads
• bags and bales
• mixed loads