ABSTRACT
The chapter summarizes and discusses the major points of the following Italian guidelines: the guidelines for the application of European Directive 269/90 on manual handling of loads, prepared by the authors and officially adopted by the Conference of the Italian Regions (1996) and by the National Institute for Safety and Prevention at Work (ISPESL); some aspects related to the updates inserted in the new law “D.Lgs 81/08” on all aspects of Health and Safety at Work will be also presented. The guidelines for the prevention of UL-WMSDs connected to repetitive movements and exertions, prepared by the authors, officially adopted by the Lombardy Regional Government in 2002 with relevant updates in 2009 (Regione Lombardia, 2009) and in 2014.
