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Washington State Ergonomic and MSD Risk Assessment Checklists

Hyperlink; Assessment–A library of resources for workers, health & safety professionals, ergonomists and other stakeholders to identify high forces, awkward postures, and repetitions. Resources…

Trim Station for Skinning Foam Products: Video Example

Video; Hazard Control–A short video explaining potential MSD risks associated with a repetitive manual materials handling task. The video discusses risk factors and potential recommendations for this…

NIOSH Lifting Equation

Hyperlink; Assessment–A tool to evaluate how safe or unsafe a lifting task is. It considers item location, how far the item moves, how twisted the worker is, how easy it is to hold the item, how…

Factors affecting operator exposure to whole-body vibration

CRE-MSD position paper. Authored by Wesley Killen and Tammy Eger.

Revised Strain Index (RSI)

External link; Assessment – A tool to assess hand and wrist MSD risk for a task. Inputs include effort required, wrist posture and repetition to calculate the Strain Index score.

WSPS Ergo Insights: Safe Manual Material Handling

External link; Hazard Control - A guide for designing manual material handling tasks.

Washington State Physical Job Evaluation Checklist

External link; Assessment – An interactive checklist to identify aspects of the job that pose a risk of MSD in different body regions. Different versions available for six major industries.

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