New procedure for assessing sequential manual lifting jobs using the revised NIOSH lifting equation

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1761-1770

  Waters, T R ^a   Lu, M L ^a   Occhipinti, E ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b Director Research Unit 'Ergonomics of Posture and Movement' EPM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Job rotation; Lifting index; Manual lifting; Sequential exposure

Indexed keywords

HEALTH HAZARDS; JOB ANALYSIS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STRAIN; STRESSES;

COMPOSITE LIFTING INDEX; JOB ROTATION; LIFTING INDEX; MANUAL LIFTING; SEQUENTIAL EXPOSURE; SEQUENTIAL LIFTING INDEX;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MANUAL LABOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; SHIFT WORKER;

BIOMECHANICS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LIFTING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 35848963387     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701674364     Document Type: Article

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