دانلود کتاب Manual Lifting: A Guide to the Study of Simple and Complex Lifting Tasks

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Content: A brief history of the NIOSH lifting equation --
International technical standards for the manual handling of loads: ISO 11228 and EN 1005 --
Procedures, models, and criteria for evaluating risk in manual lifting jobs --
Computing the lifting index (LI) for evaluating single tasks : Procedures and examples --
Computing the lifting index for evaluating composite tasks (CLI) : Procedures and examples --
Computing the CLI exposure index for evaluating complex composite tasks (with more than 10 subtasks) : Procedures and examples --
Variable lifting tasks--the variable lifting index (VLI) : Computation procedures and examples --
Computing the exposure index for evaluating sequential tasks : Criteria and procedures --
Mapping risk associated with manual load lifting --
Health surveillance : Anamnestic screening and clinical-functional assessment.
Abstract: Manual lifting tasks--whether simple or complex--involve variable loads, postures, and movements. While many solutions to the occupational risk of biomechanical overload are available, prevention at the source can resolve many of the issues before they become issues. Prevention should be done directly by those designing the workplace and the work itself. A practical guide on how to analyze the intricate lifting function and prevent injury during its execution, Manual Lifting: A Guide to the Study of SImple and Complex Lifting Tasks outlines revised NIOSH Lifting Equation (RNLOE) methods and illustrates their use in assessing manual lifting tasks of varying degrees of difficulty. The book explains how RNLE methods can be applied to evaluate single, composite, variable, and sequential lifting tasks. It also explores how to interpret and apply the results according to international standards and guidelines. In this book the authors respond to the need to make more easily measurable, and therefore manageable, the matter of biomechanical overload due to manual loads handling--even by personnel not particularly skilled in ergonomics