Guidance

MGN 90 Amendment 1 Manual handling operations regulations 1998

Contains guidance on the factors affecting the risks of manual handling, with particular reference to work on board ships.

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MGN 90 Amendment 1 has been replaced by MGN 90 Amendment 2

Documents

MGN 90 (M+F) Amendment 1 Implmentation of EC Directive 90/269/EC: The merchant shipping and fishing vessels (manual handling operations) regulations 1998

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Details

This notice should be read in conjunction with EC Directive 90/269/EC and with MGN 20 (M+F), MGN 587 (F) Amendment 1 in respect of Fishing Vessels Only and replaces MGN 90 (M+F).

Notice to

  • owners
  • operators and managers of merchant and shipping vessels
  • employers of those working on such vessels
  • masters/skippers
  • officers and crew

Amendment 1 reflects the merchant shipping (maritime labour convention) (health and safety) (amendment) regulations (S.I. 2014/1616) (“the MLC health and safety amendments”) and the merchant shipping (work in fishing convention) (consequential and minor amendments) regulations (S.I. 2018/1109) (the “work in fishing consequential amendments”) .

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