title: [Manual material handling risk assessment and ergonomic improvement in foodstuff retailing company].
abstract: The aim of this study is to assess and reduce the risk due to manual material handling in a company involved in the foodstuff retailing. The risk assessment was performed by NIOSH Variable Lifing Index in 13 different occupational conditions. As result the risk was present in any case, with VLI values ranging from 2.12 to 2.81. A good risk reduction has been accomplished correcting properly the most important multiplier involved in the computation of the revised NIOSH Lifting equation (lifting frequency and weight of heavier products). Even if the performed risk reduction has been significant, the residual risk is still higher than the level of acceptability.
authors: Dipartimento di Medicina Ambientale e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padova, Italy.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Maso
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Maccà
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Simonetti
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Scopa
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Paruzzolo
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Bonacci
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Murgolo
authors: G B
authors: GB
authors: Bartolucci
mesh_terms: D006804:Ergonomics; D019649:Food Industry; D006801:Humans; D017770:Lifting; D018570:Risk Assessment