"Lobster" wrote in message
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We had a coal delivery today - our normal 3 x 50kg sacks.

As usual, it arrived on a flatbed truck, driven by one guy, who lugged each
bag on his back round to the back of our house and deposited it in the
bunker.

Poor bugger looked absolutely knackered; I was wondering - isn't that sort
of lifting way outside the current elfin safety guidelines? It's a well-
known, long established firm,so I'd be surprised if they just brazenly
flouted the rules, but...?


If he was taking them onto his shoulder and the floor of
the lorry was level with his shoulder then maybe technically
he wasn't lifting them, but simply allowing them to drop
onto his shoulder and then carrying them.


michael adams

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