A practical approach to the assesment of manual handling equipment for cargo: Multinational abrasives in Brazil

Abstract

The Manual Handling of Loads is an activity present in virtually all production system, when developed without ergonomic principles of design and sizing can generate several instances of discomfort and musculoskeletal disorders. This work was carried out to measure, set limits and risks and guide specifications for the cargo handling carts in a specific company, tracing the anthropometric profile of the productive population and performing a quantitative evaluation of forces and design models of cars used in the company. © 2012 - IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved.