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Table 1 Lifting equation parameters and recommended weight limits for external lifting trials

From: Automation of Workplace Lifting Hazard Assessment for Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention

 

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Parameter

Measured2

Raw

Modeled

Measured2

Raw

Modeled

Measured2

Raw

Modeled

H

0.48

0.29

0.50

0.61

0.56

0.67

0.61

0.54

0.66

V

0.07

0.00

−0.03

0.37

0.22

0.21

0.37

0.31

0.33

D

0.80

0.70

0.75

0.39

0.29

0.32

0.39

0.25

0.24

A

30

18

76

44

44

38

44

31

47

Frequency2,3

11

11

11

10

10

10

10

10

10

Coupling2

F

F

F

F

F

F

F

F

F

RWL

2.49

4.90

2.30

2.95

3.07

2.58

2.95

3.57

2.76

  1. A = asymmetry angle (°); D = vertical distance (m); F = fair coupling; H = horizontal location (m); RWL = recommended weight limit (kg); V = vertical location (m).
  2. 1Same subject.
  3. 2Determined a priori.
  4. 3Cycles per minute.
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Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

ISSN: 2052-4374

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