A Comparison of Approaches in Establishing Manual Handling Limits in Restricted Working Postures

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• Personal Author:
  Gallagher S ; Hamrick, Christopher A.
• Description:
  Various industries require workers to handle loads in restricted postures. As a result, researchers have attempted to establish acceptable loads in restricted postures using various ergonomic techniques. Two common approaches have been (1) to use intraabdominal pressure (IAP) to set manual handling limits and (2) to use the psychophysical technique to establish acceptable loads. IAP studies suggest greatly decreased lifting capacity when stooping compared to kneeling. However, psychophysical studies indicate that acceptable loads are much lower in the kneeling posture than when stooping. This U.S. Bureau of Mines paper examines the results of IAP and psychophysical experiments and discusses benefits and drawbacks of these approaches in the design of stooping and kneeling tasks. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biomechanical Phenomena Ergonomics Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Biomechanics Injuries Injury-prevention Manual-lifting Mathematical-models Muscle-tension Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Physical-stress Repetitive-work Skeletal-stress Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9780748400065
• Publisher:
  Taylor & Francis
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Nevada ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  285-292
• Volume:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10010879
• Citation:
  Advances in industrial ergonomics and safety III. Karwowski W, Yates JW, Mital A, eds. New York: Taylor and Francis, 1991 May; 3:285-292
• Editor(s):
  Karwowski W; Yates JW; Mital A
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Advances in industrial ergonomics and safety III. Proceedings of the Annual International Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Conference held in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, 10-14 June 1991. The Official Conference of the International Foundation for Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Research
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:21027fa485513be842847854346e0dbc676bb263d19be8ab3f14e7a109c6ff3cbe5ed31939f4d2b23f5a4812cf295f3d8d5e553e01c5316f9275a200ddda794f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220103/cdc_220103_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.41 MB ]