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References to and/or interpretations of Health and Safety Regulations - Oliver - v - Tesco Stores Ltd

Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
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In his Judgment on the 14th July 1999, Mr Assistant Recorder Morris says:

She says that Tescos are responsible for this by breach of the Manual Handling Operation Regulations 1992, in that the task involved twisting her trunk because of the position of the cages. The box of sausages was difficult to grasp, because with the length of time she had been in the chiller room her hands were getting cold. ................... Tescos were in breach of the regulations because there were space constraints preventing good posture: she had to twist her body to the left to get in to the target cage. She says therefore Tescos are in breach of those regulations and they are responsible for her accident.

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