Revised NIOSH lifting equation

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• Personal Author:
  Waters, Thomas R.
• Description:
  This chapter provides information about a revised equation for assessing the physical demands of certain two-handed manual lifting tasks that was developed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and described earlier in an article by Waters et al. We discuss what factors need to be measured, how they should be measured, what procedures should be used, and how the results can be used to ergonomically design new jobs or make decisions about redesigning existing jobs that may be hazardous. We define all pertinent terms and present the mathematical formulas and procedures needed to properly apply the NIOSH lifting equation. Several example problems are also provided to demonstrate how the equations should be used. An expanded version of this chapter is contained in a NIOSH report. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Workload Workplace
• Keywords:
  Back-injuries Exposure-limits Extremities Injuries Manual-lifting Muscle-function Muscle-physiology Muscles Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Risk-factors Task-performance Traumatic-injuries Work-capability Work-capacity Work-environment Work-performance Workers

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• ISBN:
  9781439819340
• Publisher:
  CRC Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040993
• Citation:
  Occupational ergonomics: theory and applications, second edition. Bhattacharya A, McGlothlin JD, eds. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2012 Mar; :887-923
• Editor(s):
  Bhattacharya A; McGlothlin JD
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Low Back Disorders
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational ergonomics: theory and applications, second edition
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193671/cdc_193671_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.47 MB ]