Manual lifting : a guide to the study of simple and complex lifting tasks /: a guide to the study of simple and complex lifting tasks. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Daniela Colombini [and others].
• Other Names: Colombini, Daniela
• Contents: Ch. 1. Introduction : aim of this manual and upsurge of the problem -- ch. 2. A brief history of the NIOSH lifting equation -- ch. 3. International technical standards for the manual handling of loads : ISO 11228 and EN 1005 -- ch. 4. Procedures, models, and criteria for evaluating risk in manual lifting jobs -- ch. 5. Computing the lifting index (LI) for evaluating single tasks : procedures and examples -- ch. 6. Computing the lifting index for evaluating composite tasks (CLI) : procedures and examples -- ch. 7. Computing the CLI exposure index for evaluating complex composite tasks (with more than 10 subtasks) : procedures and examples -- ch. 8. Variable lifting tasks : the variable lifting index (VLI) : computation procedures and examples -- ch. 9. Computing the exposure index for evaluating sequential tasks : criteria and procedures -- ch. 10. Mapping risk associated with manual load lifting -- ch. 11. Health surveillance : anamnestic screening and clinical- functional assessment.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, Fla : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 238 pages), illustrations, portraits
• Subjects: 620.82 M294; Lifting and carrying; Lifting and carrying; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439856642; 1439856648; 9781439856635
• Related ISBNs: 143985663X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-228) and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.