Health and Safety Executive

Manual handling risks assisting disabled aircraft passengers

This Sector Information Minute (SIM) provides information on manual handling risks associated with routine transfer of incapacitated or wheelchair-using passengers to and from the aircraft. It identifies the methods and equipment that we would expect to see employed, It also identifies practices that should be avoided.

This SIM is published under the Freedom of Information Act.

Read SIM 05/2007/07 [PDF 88kb]


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