Australia Model Code of Practice: Hazardous Manual Tasks 6.2: 6.2 Manufacture, import and supply plant and goods with handling in mind (r 61)

Manufacturers must manufacture plant or structures to eliminate or, where not reasonably practicable, minimise the need for a hazardous manual task and give each recipient adequate information about the features that do so. Importers and suppliers must take all reasonable steps to obtain that information from the designer or manufacturer and give it to those they supply (r 61), including safety information on transport, operation and maintenance in manuals, brochures or similar. Consider packaging and delivery: provide lifting aids or lifting points, two handles or handholds to prevent one-handed lifts, repackage loads into different weights, sizes or shapes (large bulky loads promote awkward postures, heavy loads need more force, unwieldy or unstable loads cause sudden high forces), label loads with manual handling risks and precautions, deliver goods in sturdy boxes or containers with reinforced handholds, balance packages so contents do not shift, use slings for non-rigid loads, fill liquid or powder containers to leave little free space, use baffles or dividers in part-filled packages, and secure loads that may move, such as shrink-wrapped pallets.