Maximum acceptable frequency of lift for combined manual material handling task in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Widia, Mirta, Md Dawal, Siti Zawiah, Yusoff, Nukman
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2019
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/23173/; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216918
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background Extensive studies have been carried out over the years to determine the maximum acceptable weight that a worker is capable of lifting in a given situation among Occidental populations across Europe and US. Nonetheless, studies that place emphasis on using lifting frequency as the quantify...