One of the current projects I am managing the safety on requires the installation of massive amounts of reinforcing steel. So how does all of that steel get moved around? The simple answer would be move it by crane or forklift, right? So what if those pieces of equipment are not available? That means doing it the old fashioned way, by hand.
You know construction workers, and how "manly" they have to be. Can't look weak in front of their buddies, so they will grab whatever it is and lift accordingly. What is the end result? Back injuries.
Back injuries are hard to treat, last for quite a while, and can be very costly. So what do we do? NIOSH has figured a formula so that you can get this information. Unfortunately you almost have to be a rocket scientist to complete the formula by hand.
So guess what? I found the formula online where all you have to do is punch in the numbers and hit calculate. Make sure that you read it carefully before you punch in the numbers, because it is in metrics.
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