Applications Manual for the Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation

January, 1994

DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 94-110

 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
 
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables 		 94-110-a.pdf (10 pages, 180K) 
Introduction 1. The Revised Lifting Equation  1.1 Definition of Terms 
1.2 Lifting Task Limitations 
1.3 The Equation and its Function 
1.4 The Lifting Index 		94-110-b.pdf (35 pages, 780K) 
2. Procedures for Analyzing Lifting Jobs  2.1 Options 
2.2 Collect Data (Step 1) 
2.3 Single-Task Assessment (Step 2) 
2.4 Multi-Task Procedure 		94-110-c.pdf (12 pages, 309K) 
3. Example Problems  3.1 How to Use the Example Problems 
3.2 Jobs Performed a Few Times Per Shift 
3.3 Single Task, Performed Repetitively 		94-110-d.pdf (22 pages, 459K) 
3.3 Single Task, Performed Repetitively 
3.4 Repetitive Multi-Task, Short-Duration		 94-110-e.pdf (30 pages, 611K) 
3.5 Repetitive Multi-Task, Long Duration 94-110-f.pdf (14 pages, 323K) 
Glossary References 94-110-g.pdf (8 pages, 153K) 
Appendix I 94-110-h.pdf (34 pages, 1,148K) 
 


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