Maximum Acceptable Weight of Lift

Snook, Stover H.; Irvine, C. H.

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“…This approach derives from a book on biomechanics (Tichauer, 1978), articles on posture (Ayoub, 1973;Floyd & Ward, 1966;Grandjean & Hunting 1977;Van Wely, 1970) and lifting strength (Chaffin, 1974; Park & Chaffin, 1975;Snook & Irvine, 1967), books (Astrand & Rodahl, 1977) and anthropometry (Hertzberg, 1972;Roebuck, Kroemer, & Thompson, 1975), ergonomic texts that cover many approaches including the biological approach (e.g., Grandjean, 1980), and industrial engineering texts, which include sections on biological approaches (H. Davis & Miller, 1971;Konz, 1979). The 18 principles composing this approach are contained in Table 3.…”

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Development and field evaluation of an interdisciplinary measure of job design.

Campion

Thayer²

1985

Journal of Applied Psychology

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The development of an interdisciplinary job design questionnaire and a study of its interrelationships with a variety of outcomes is described. A taxonomy of job design approaches was developed from literature of different disciplines: (a) a motivational approach from organizational psychology; (b) a mechanistic approach from classic industrial engineering; (c) a biological approach from work physiology and biomechanics; and (d) a perceptual/motor approach from experimental psychology. The Multimethod Job Design Questionnaire (MJDQ) was developed reflecting these approaches. A corresponding taxonomy of job outcomes was developed, and hypotheses were generated as to relationships between job design approaches and outcomes. A field study involved 121 jobs, 215 incumbents, and 23 supervisors from five plants. Results indicated the MJDQ was reliable, and most hypotheses were supported. Different job design approaches influence different outcomes and may have some costs as well as benefits; an interdisciplinary perspective is needed to integrate major theories of job design. Even a cursory examination of the job design literature reveals many different schools of thought: industrial engineering approaches of scientific management and time and motion study, the psychological approaches of job enrichment and motivating job characteristics , the human factors or ergonomics approaches, and sociotechnical approaches to job design. Although there is some overlap in the recommendations made for proper job design, there is considerable divergence in focus and even some direct conflict in advice. Proponents, however, claim that their job designs positively influence most of the outcome spectrum for both the individual and the organization.

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Section: Biologicalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Biologicalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development and field evaluation of an interdisciplinary measure of job design.

Campion

Thayer²

1985

Journal of Applied Psychology

128

159

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“…Asymmetric lifting task, combining lifting, bending and twisting motions of the torso, is more harmful to back spine than symmetric lifting task. Snook and Irvin 1) first developed the psychophysical approach to determine human maximum acceptable weight of lifting (MAWL) for preventing lifters from sustaining back injuries, and this approach has been adopted in various lifting conditions. Ciriello et al 2) indicated that the psychophysically determined MAWL data could be applied to a general work day for task frequencies of 4.3 lifts/min or lower.…”

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Psychophysically Determined Asymmetrical Lifting Capabilities for Different Frequencies and Containers

Lee

2005

Ind Health

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Back injuries to the lifters caused by lifting remain a common occurrence not only in developed countries, but also in developing and undeveloped countries. Asymmetric lifting task, combining lifting, bending and twisting motions of the torso, is more harmful to back spine than symmetric lifting task. Snook and Irvin 1) first developed the psychophysical approach to determine human maximum acceptable weight of lifting (MAWL) for preventing lifters from sustaining back injuries, and this approach has been adopted in various lifting conditions. Ciriello et al.2) indicated that the psychophysically determined MAWL data could be applied to a general work day for task frequencies of 4.3 lifts/min or lower.Very few papers reported the container effects on psychophysically determined MAWL, especially for asymmetric lifting. This study examined the effects of lifting frequency and container on psychophysically determined 4-h MAWL for 90-degree asymmetric lifting tasks from floor to knuckle height (approximately 74 cm). Additionally, this study compared the MAWL data with the recommended weight limits derived from the revised NIOSH lifting equation 3) . It is hoped that these MAWL data can help designing asymmetric lifting jobs for reducing the severity and frequency of overexertion injuries and improving productivity.Ten young healthy and lift-experienced males gave their written consent form for this experiment. Their mean (SD) age was 20.0 (0.5) yr, weight was 62.7 (8.0) kg, and height was 170.0 (4.3) cm.A two-factor factorial design was used to examine the effects of lifting frequency and container on participants' MAWL capability in asymmetrical lifting tasks. Three lifting frequencies, 1 lift/min, 2 lifts/min and 4 lifts/min, and three containers (length*width*height), 70 × 35 × 15 cm, 50 × 50 × 15 cm and 50 × 35 × 15 cm were selected. The three containers were designed for examining the effects of

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“…In addition, equations predicting these workload values were formulated based on a subject's anthropometric and strenagth data. Other studies (Snook et al, 1967(Snook et al, , 1969(Snook et al, , 1974Snook, 1978) have looked at the same range of lifts for male and female subjects. These seven studies used a psychophysical methodology which allowed the subjects to adjust their workload to a comfortable weight level while conducting repetitive lifts.…”

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Determination of efficient methods of lift by comparing trained and untrained male and female lifters.

Shannon¹

1980

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Maximum Acceptable Weight of Lift

Cited by 122 publications

References 3 publications

Development and field evaluation of an interdisciplinary measure of job design.

Development and field evaluation of an interdisciplinary measure of job design.

Psychophysically Determined Asymmetrical Lifting Capabilities for Different Frequencies and Containers

Determination of efficient methods of lift by comparing trained and untrained male and female lifters.

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