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Alcoholic and soft drinks
Main causes of injury
Manual handling and lifting - especially barrels, casks and crates
Slips and trips - half the injuries are from slips (90% on wet floors)
and half from trips
Being struck by falling objects, eg barrels, boxes, equipment
Falls from height - off ladders, work platforms, stairs and from vehicles
Machinery - mainly conveyors but also bottling machines, packaging machines,
palletisers etc
Exposure to harmful substances - cleaning chemicals, hot liquids
Transport - especially lift trucks
Main occupational ill health risks
Musculoskeletal injury from heavy manual handling, eg of casks, kegs,
crates, sacks and items of plant
Work-related upper limb disorders (WRULDs) from repetitive handling,
eg in bottling halls
Noise induced hearing loss from noisy plant, eg casking/kegging, decrating/washing,
bottling, canning and packaging machinery
Occupational lung disease from exposure to grain and malt dust
Occupational lung disease and nasal cancer from exposure to hardwood
dust in coopperages
Industry specific guidance
