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MultipLa – a tool for the combined overall estimation of various types of manual handling tasks

Issue title: IEA 2012: 18th World congress on Ergonomics - Designing a sustainable future

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Karlheinz, Schaub | Ulf, Steinberg | Max, Bierwirth | Michaela, Kugler | Ralph, Bruder

Affiliations: Institute of Ergonomics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Petersenstr. 30, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany | German National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety, Noeldnerstr. 40–42, D-10317 Berlin, Germany

Note: [] Corresponding author: Karlheinz Schaub; Phone: +49 (0) 6151 16 3489; Fax: +49 (0) 6151 16 3488; [email protected]

Keywords: Risk assessment, manual materials handling, key indicator method, complex handling tasks

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0742-4433

Journal: Work, vol. 41, no. Supplement 1, pp. 4433-4435, 2012

Published: 2012
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Abstract

In the 1990ies the German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (FIOSH) published “Key Indicator Methods” (KIM) for the evaluation of manual material handling tasks. These methods served as a national German implementation of the EU Manual Handling Directive (90/269/EEC). These methods allow the evaluation of individual handling tasks like lifting or pushing. KIM tools do not allow evaluating complex handling tasks like a combined lifting and pushing task. With respect to the needs at shop floor level (e.g. logistics), MultipLa tries to bridge that gap by means of an EXCEL based worksheet using the KIM philosophy. In the past several algorithms for a risk assessment had been developed. At the moment MultipLa is in a test phase at several automotive OEMs.

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