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NIOSH Publication No. 94-110:

Applications Manual for the Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation

January 1994

 

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Entire Document
94-110.pdf
(164 pages, 3,740KB)
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables 
94-110-a.pdf
(10 pages, 158KB)

1.
Introduction
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, 743KB)
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, 279KB)
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, 431KB)
  3.3 Single Task, Performed Repetitively
3.4 Repetitive Multi-Task, Short-Duration
94-110-e.pdf
(30 pages, 598KB)
  3.5 Repetitive Multi-Task, Long Duration 94-110-f.pdf
(14 pages, 319KB)
  Glossary
References
94-110-g.pdf
(8 pages, 153KB)
  Appendix I 94-110-h.pdf
(34 pages, 1,129B)
Cover page for publication 94-110.