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ID (ISN) del documento108757
Número CIS 08-1192
Año 2007
Número de serie HSE Research Report 562
Autor(es) Ferreira J., Smith M.
Health and Safety Executive
Título Evaluating the feasibility of developing assessment charts for high risk pushing and pulling operations
Información bibliográfica HSE Books, P.O. Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA, United Kingdom, 2007. vi, 41p. Illus. 29 ref.
Acceso Internet http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr562.pdf [en inglés]
Resumen The objective of this project was to better understand pushing and pulling forces that represent a high risk of manual handling injury and to develop a risk assessment chart for pushing and pulling operations. Psychophysical data were reviewed to develop a simple graph showing whole body pushing and pulling forces indicative of a high risk of injuries during two-hand manual handling tasks. An assessment chart was also produced for assessing pushing and pulling operations. Risk factors such as initial force, frequency, travel distance and hand height were selected for inclusion on the basis of the ergonomics literature and the ergonomics approach for assessing pushing and pulling operations in the field.
Descriptores (primarios) Reino Unido; enfermedades del aparato locomotor; factores de riesgo; valoración del riesgo; manipulación manual
Descriptores (secundarios) tareas de tracción; informe; tareas de empuje; valoración de la exposición; fuerza de tracción; ergonomía; fuerza de empuje
Tipo de documento E - Libros, informes, actas
País / Estado o ProvinciaReino Unido
Tema(s) Elevación, manutención, almacenamiento
Broad subject area(s) Riesgos mecánicos, transporte
Navegación por categoria(s) Risk evaluation
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system