The effects of box size, vertical distance, and height on lowering tasks for female industrial workers

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 857-863

  Ciriello, Vincent M ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomic redesign; Lowering; Manual materials handling; Maximum acceptable weight; Multiple component tasks; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

LIFT; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STRAIN;

ERGONOMICS REDESIGN; LOWERING; MANUAL MATERIAL HANDLING (MMH); MULTIPLE COMPONENT TASKS; PHYCHOPHYSICS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; EXHAUSTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIFTING EFFORT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 23644461368     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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