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Hyperlink; Assessment–A general assessment of hand and wrist MSDs based on hand effort and activity. Numbers are simple to estimate and compute, and can be compared to two established reference…
Hyperlink; Assessment–A way to determine the maximum weight that someone can safely lift given a lifting frequency, horizontal reach, and vertical reaching requirements.
Hyperlink; Assessment–A tool to predict the maximum safe lifting weight that considers where an object is lifted from and how often/long the lift is performed for. The resource is easy to use and…
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–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 way to estimate lower back injury risk from lifting at work. Users input the weight, horizontal distance, and frequency of each lift and the tool estimate the accumulated…
Hyperlink; Assessment–An interactive calculator that estimates how many people could accomplish a given lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, or carrying task.

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