Ergonomic Guidelines for Manual Material Handling
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Type: Book
Specifics: 68 pages
Pub. Date 2007
This free full color downloadable booklet was developed by EASE in partnership with CAL/OSHA, NIOSH and CNA; this booklet will help all companies, particularly small to mid-sized companies, recognize high-risk manual material handling work tasks and choose effective options for reducing their physical demands including:
1) Eliminating lifting from the floor and using simple transport devices like carts or dollies, 2) Using lift-assist devices like scissors lift tables or load levelers, 3) Using more sophisticated equipment like powered stackers, hoists, cranes, or vacuum assist devices, 4) Guiding your choice of equipment by analyzing and redesigning work stations and workflow. This document is currently available as a free download only.
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FOREWORD. This publication, which was developed by the Material Handling Industry of America, a division of the Material Handling Industry, along with one of its Industry Groups (i.e., Product Sections, Affiliated Trade Associations, and Product Councils) (collectively referred to as “MHIA”), is intended to provide useful information and guidance for owners, users, designers, purchasers and/or specifiers of material handling equipment or systems. It is advisory only and should only be regarded as a simple tool that its intended audience may or may not choose to follow, adopt, modify, or reject. The following information does not constitute a comprehensive safety program, cannot guard against pitfalls in operating, selecting and purchasing such a system, and should not be relied upon as such. Such a program should be developed, and an independent adviser should be consulted in doing so.
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