Australia Model Code of Practice: Hazardous Manual Tasks 6.1a: 6.1 Design plant and structures to eliminate or minimise hazardous manual tasks (r 61)

Designers of plant or structures used for work must ensure the design eliminates the need for a hazardous manual task in connection with the plant or structure, where that is not reasonably practicable minimise the need so far as reasonably practicable, and give each person who receives the design to give effect to it adequate information about the features that eliminate or minimise the need (r 61). Ergonomic principles should be applied at design stage so the task fits the people rather than workers adjusting to the task, taking account of variability in human capability and interaction with the work environment, tools and equipment. Designers should also provide the purpose of the design, how it dealt with manual task hazards and any residual risks, and how to handle the plant or structure safely during transport, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Quality assurance can check the design, and feedback from purchasers and users should inform modifications.