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Manual Material Handling Guidelines

The spreadsheets in this Microsoft Excel Workbook provide guidelines for manual handling tasks. For definitions/clarification of terms, hold the mouse over any field that has a red triangle on the upper right-hand corner. To use the spreadsheets:

1. Select the tab below that corresponds to the calculation needed (NIOSH Lifting Equation, Push,

2. For the NIOSH Lifting Guidelines, enter data into the 8 required cells representing model inputs

(this is used for single-task lifts, where task variables do not vary significantly from task to task or when only one task is of interest (e.g.

3. For Push, Pull, or Carry Guidelines, select the appropriate input values from the pull-down men 4. Read the Recommended Weight Limit, Lifting Index, Maximum Acceptable Weight, or Force. Copyright 2008 by Humantech, Inc.

ing Equation, Push, Pull, or Carry)

enting model inputs. the pull-down menus provided.

y one task is of interest (e.g. worst case analysis))

Weight, or Force.

NIOSH Lifting Guidelines

Job Title Model Inputs: Horizontal Location (H)
(min 10", max 25") Enter Data

Multipliers: HM =

Model Outputs: Recommended Weight Limit (RWL):

in
(10" is best)

Vertical Location (V)

(min 0", max 70")

in
(30" is best)

VM =

lb
Lifting Index (LI = Load/RWL):

Travel Distance (D)

(min 10", max 70")

in
(10" is best)

DM =

0.00
AM = Frequency Independent RWL:

Angle of Asymmetry (A)

(min 0, max 135)

deg
(0 is best)

Coupling
(1=good, 2=fair, 3=poor) (1 is best)

CM = lb Dur = Frequency Independent LI:

Duration
(Enter 1, 2 or 8 hrs. only)

hr(s)
(1 hour is best)

0.00
Frequency
(min 0.2, max 15 lifts/min)

l/min
(0.2 lifts/min is best)

FM = Recommendations:

Average Load Weight Maximum Load Weight

lb lb

Revised NIOSH Lifting Guidelines

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NIOSH Lifting Guidelines - METRIC

Job Title Model Inputs: Horizontal Location (H)
(min 25 cm, max 64 cm) Enter Data

Multipliers: HM =

Model Outputs: Recommended Weight Limit (RWL):

cm
(25 cm is best)

Vertical Location (V)

(min 0 cm, max 178 cm)

cm
(75 cm is best)

VM =

Kg
Lifting Index (LI = Load/RWL):

Travel Distance (D)

(min 25 cm, max 178 cm)

cm
(25 cm is best)

DM =

0.00
AM = Frequency Independent RWL:

Angle of Asymmetry (A)

(min 0, max 135)

deg
(0 is best)

Coupling
(1=good, 2=fair, 3=poor) (1 is best)

CM = Kg Dur = Frequency Independent LI:

Duration
(Enter 1, 2 or 8 hrs. only)

hr(s)
(1 hour is best)

0.00
Frequency
(min 0.2, max 15 lifts/min)

l/m
(0.2 lifts/min is best)

FM = Recommendations:

Average Load Weight Maximum Load Weight

kg kg

Revised NIOSH Lifting Guidelines - METRIC

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NIOSH Composite Lifting Guidelines

Job Title Tasks Model Inputs: Average Load Weight Max Load Weight Horizontal Location (H)
(min 10", max 25")

(scroll down to view results)

1 lb lb in in in deg l/m hr(s)

2 lb lb in in in deg l/m hr(s)

3 lb lb in in in deg l/m hr(s)

4 lb lb in in in deg l/m hr(s)

5 lb lb in in in deg l/m hr(s)

6 lb lb in in in deg l/m hr(s)

7 lb lb in in in deg l/m hr(s)

8 lb lb in in in deg l/m hr(s)

9 lb lb in in in deg l/m hr(s)

10 lb lb in in in deg l/m hr(s)

Vertical Location (V)

(min 0", max 70")

Travel Distance (D)

(min 10", max 70")

Angle of Asymmetry (A)

(min 0, max 135)

Frequency
(min 0.2, max 15 lifts/min)

Duration
(1 hr., 2 hrs., 8 hrs.)

Coupling
(1=good, 2=fair, 3=poor)

Tasks Model Results: STRWL FIRWL STLI FILI 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

CLI = 0.00

NIOSH Composite Lifting Guidelines

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NIOSH Composite Lifting Guidelines - METRIC

Job Title Tasks Model Inputs: Average Load Weight Max Load Weight Horizontal Location (H)
(min 25 cm, max 64 cm)

(scroll down to view results)

1 Kg Kg cm cm cm deg l/m hr(s)

2 Kg Kg cm cm cm deg l/m hr(s)

3 Kg Kg cm cm cm deg l/m hr(s)

4 Kg Kg cm cm cm deg l/m hr(s)

5 Kg Kg cm cm cm deg l/m hr(s)

6 Kg Kg cm cm cm deg l/m hr(s)

7 Kg Kg cm cm cm deg l/m hr(s)

8 Kg Kg cm cm cm deg l/m hr(s)

9 Kg Kg cm cm cm deg l/m hr(s)

10 Kg Kg cm cm cm deg l/m hr(s)

Vertical Location (V)

(min 0 cm, max 178 cm)

Travel Distance (D)

(min 25 cm, max 178 cm)

Angle of Asymmetry (A)

(min 0, max 135)

Frequency
(min 0.2, max 15 lifts/min)

Duration
(1 hr., 2 hrs., 8 hrs.)

Coupling
(1=good, 2=fair, 3=poor)

Tasks Model Results: STRWL FIRWL STLI FILI 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

CLI = 0.00

NIOSH Composite Lifting Guidelines - METRIC

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Push Guidelines
Gender Height

Percent Distance Frequency

Maximum Acceptable Initial Force Maximum Acceptable Sustained Force

Information is still missing Information is still missing

Push Guidelines

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Pull Guidelines
Gender Height

Percent

Distance

Frequency

Maximum Acceptable Initial Force Maximum Acceptable Sustained Force

Information is still missing Information is still missing

Pull Guidelines

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Carry Guidelines
Gender

Height

Percent

Distance

Frequency

Maximum Acceptable Weight

Information is still missing

Carry Guidelines

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