Section 4: Preventive measures and resources.

The employer must ensure that workers are given estimates and, wherever possible, precise information on the weight of the load and the position of its centre of gravity or heaviest side when the load is placed off-centre in a package.

The employer shall provide workers whose work involves manual handling with: 1° Information on the risks they incur when the activities are not performed in a technically correct manner, taking into account the individual risk factors defined by the order provided for in article R. 4541-6; 2° Appropriate safety training relating to the performance of these operations. During this training, which is essentially practical in nature, workers are informed of…

When manual handling is unavoidable and the mechanical aids provided for in 2° of Article R. 4541-5 cannot be used, a worker may only be allowed to carry loads in excess of 55 kilograms on a regular basis if he has been recognised as fit to do so by the occupational physician, provided that these loads do not exceed 105 kilograms. However, women are not permitted to carry loads in…

The consignor of any package or object weighing 1,000 kilograms or more gross weight and intended for carriage by sea or inland waterway shall clearly and durably mark the outside of the package with its weight. In exceptional cases where it is difficult to determine the exact weight, the weight marked may be a maximum weight established on the basis of the volume and nature of the package. In the…