A comprehensive lifting model: Beyond the NIOSH lifting equation

Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 916-927

  Hidalgo, Jorge ^a   Genaidy, Ashraf ^a   Karwowski, Waldemar ^b   Christensen, Doran ^a,c   Huston, Ronald ^a   Stambough, Jefferey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b University of Louisville   (United States)

^c Consortium Environ Occup Hlth S ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Lifting; NIOSH lifting guidelines; Personal lifting safety index; Relative lifting safety index

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

COMPREHENSIVE LIFTING MODEL (CLM); PERSONAL LIFTING SAFETY INDEX (PLSI);

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; MANUAL LABOR; PHYSICAL MODEL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SAFETY;

ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOPHYSICS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LIFTING; WORK;

EID: 0031239581     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401397187748     Document Type: Article

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