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5 July, 2009

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Further information related to this fact sheet: Workplace safety - manual handling injuries.

Related information on Better Health Channel Farm safety - handling animals. Farm safety - manual handling. Work issues - infection control. Workplace health - coping with a critical incident. Workplace safety - overuse injuries.
Related information on other websites Victorian WorkCover Authority.
Victorian Trades Hall Council's - Occupational Health and Safety Unit The Return To Work Knowledge Base.
References used for this fact sheet Manual Handling [online], WorkCover Safety, Victorian WorkCover Authority, Melbourne, Australia. More information here. Manual handling (1999) [online], NOHSC Publications, National Occupational Health and Safety Commission, Commonwealth of Australia, Sydney, NSW. More information here. Farms - manual handling and injury (2000) [online article], Better Health Channel, Department of Human Services, State Government of Victoria, Australia. More information here. Back pain (2001) [online article], Better Health Channel, Department of Human Services, State Government of Victoria, Australia. More information here.

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