Citation

Mital A. J. Saf. Res. 1989; 20(3): 93-101.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, U.S. National Safety Council, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

This paper provides a comprehensive psychophysical capacity (also called maximum acceptable weight or acceptable capacity) database for designing frequently performed industrial manual lifting tasks. The design data presented here are for male and female industrial workers working regular 8-hour shifts. The existing design databases, which are limited to sagittal lifting of symmetrical loads and were integrated in an earlier work, were expanded to include the effects of asymmetrical loads, asymmetrical lifting, and load placement in restricted spaces. The final design data tables thus are more comprehensive and realistic. Manual lifting jobs designed on the basis of these new tables, therefore, are expected to be safer and more productive.