Assessment of manual lifting - the NIOSH approach.
Authors
Waters-TR; Putz-Anderson-V
Source
Ergonomics in Manufacturing. Raising Productivity through Workplace Improvement. W Karwowski and G Salvendy, eds., Dearborn, MI: Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Norcross, GA: Engineering & Management Press, 1998 Jan; :205-241
Abstract
Historically, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has recognized and addressed the problem of work-related back injuries and published the Work Practices Gudie for Manual Liftin (WPG) in 1981 (NIOSH 1981). The WPG contains a summary of the lifting-related literature up to 1981, analytical procedures, a lifting equation for calculating a recommended weight for specified two-handed, symmetrical lifting tasks, and an approach for controlling the hazards of low-back injury from manual lifting. The approach to hazard control was coupled with the action limit (AL), a term that denoted the recommended weight derived from the lifting equation.
Keywords
Manual-lifting; Back-injuries; Exposure-assessment; Workers; Worker-health; Work-practices; Analytical-methods; Safety-measures; Health-hazards; Epidemiology
Document Type
Book or book chapter
Editors
Karwowski-W; Salvendy-G
Source Name
Ergonomics in Manufacturing. Raising Productivity through Workplace Improvement
