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Recommended Weight for lifting and lowering: The NIOSH* Lifting Equation*National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (USA)The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in…
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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in the USA identified factors that affected the amount of weight that could be safely lifted. It was created to help workplaces…
CRE-MSD position paper. Authored by David M. Andrews, Patricia L. Weir, and Brian D. Lowe.
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Risk assessment checklist that considers grip force, manual material handling (MMH) tasks, awkward postures, static postures, repetition, impacts, and vibration.
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; Standard–A link to the Canadian standard on office workstation setup and design. Information at the link describes what the standard can do, but users must purchase the standard to use it.
Hyperlink PDF; Assessment–A PDF worksheet assessment designed to quickly identify risky hand, arm, and shoulder postures in a workplace task. The resource takes user-inputted data about what a worker…