Ergonomics of Manual Materials Handling

Environmentally Conscious Materials Handling

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 31-62

  Smith, James L ^a   Woldstad, Jeffrey C ^a   Patterson, Patrick ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomic issues in device design, selection, and installation; Manual materials handling ergonomics; Mechanical materials handling; NIOSH work practices guide; Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870940476     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470432730.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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