The application of the job severity index to job design for the control of manual materials-handling injury
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ergonomics
- Vol. 29 (1) , 65-76
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00140138608968241
Abstract
This paper discusses the job severity index method for the design of manual materials handling tasks. The development and testing of the method are reviewed. In addition, a complete application procedure is presented with a numerical example.Keywords
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