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Hyperlink; Assessment–A series of tables with recommended weight limits for lifting tasks given worker sex, object depth, lifting distance, lifting frequency, and lift asymmetry. The data are derived…
Hyperlink; Assessment–Software available to purchase that predicts strength demands for a given task. The user positions a virtual worker into a working posture and applies loads to that virtual…
Hyperlink; Assessment–Software that the user can download to predict the energy demands of a job. The software splits the job into tasks with known energy demands, and estimates the calories expended…
Hyperlink; Assessment–A series of equations that estimate safe loads for lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, and carrying. Users implement equations themselves; the resource provides instructions…
Hyperlink; Assessment–A set of three user-friendly tools to evaluate lifting, carrying, and team-lifting tasks. Identifies four categories of risk: low, medium, high, and unacceptable. Users have the…
Hyperlink; Assessment–The Rapid Entire Body Assessment scores a worker’s whole body posture along with a few load/weight features to categorize a task into one of five risk categories.
Hyperlink; Assessment–A numerical assessment designed to evaluate MSD risk in pushing and pulling tasks. It considers the effects of task frequency, distance, posture, whether the object is slid or…