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Bridget Leathley | Feature | HSW
01.12.2006

One Problem when searching for "lifting" on the internet is the ambiguity of the word. Union and government sites, for example, often use the phrase "lifting" people from poverty. Even in a health and safety context, lifting will often refer to manual handling rather than mech ...

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