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Which UK regulations regulate the manual handling of heavy items on board UK ships?

The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Manual Handling Operations) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/2857). Guidance on their requirements is in MGN 90 and in Chapter 19 of the Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen.

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