MultipLa--a tool for the combined overall estimation of various types of manual handling tasks.
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.
Institute of Ergonomics, Darmstadt University of Technology, Petersenstr 30, D-64287 D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany. Schaub@iad.tu-darmstadt.de
Schaub
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Karlheinz
Bierwirth
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Max
Kugler
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Michaela
Bruder
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Ralph
D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D017770:Lifting / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016272:Occupational Health; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis