Applications Manual for the Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation (Superseded)

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• Personal Author:
  Garg, Arun ; Putz-Anderson, Vernon ; Waters, Thomas R.
• Description:
  This document has been superseded and the new version can be found here. The revisions of the lifting equation used by NIOSH in an effort to assist in the analysis and prevention of back injuries caused by manual lifting reflected new findings and provided methods for evaluating asymmetrical lifting tasks and lifts of objects with less than optimal couplings between the object and the hands of the person doing the lifting. The revised equation also provided guidelines for a more diverse range of lifting tasks than did the earlier equation. The equation was only one tool of several to be used in a comprehensive effort to prevent work related low back pain and disability. The equation was discussed through a definition of the terms used, the limitations of the lifting task, the various components of the equation (horizontal, vertical, distance, asymmetry, frequency, and coupling), and the lifting index. Procedures were described for analyzing lifting jobs. Several example problems were considered, including jobs performed a few times per shift such as loading punch press stock, loading supply rolls, and loading bags into a hopper; single tasks performed repetitively such as package inspection and dish washing machine unloading; repetitive multitasks of short duration including a depalletizing operation and handling cans of liquid; and repetitive multitasks of long duration such as product packaging and warehouse order filling. A reprint of an article on the revised NIOSH equation was included in an appendix. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Back-injuries Manual-lifting Manual-materials-handling Mathematical-models Musculoskeletal-system-disorders NIOSH-Author Physical-stress Repetitive-work
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB94110
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Handbooks
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-156
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00224171
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB94-176930
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 94-110, 1994 Jan; :1-156
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c66e452a6dd960826f6fea0f3c5e536e374e3291e2fa7e851b6d53b16146972e9f46767474fd207efeffaf264e918196d92d1590293cc817965fb925ba6db3a3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209665/cdc_209665_DS1.pdf
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