Lifting index of the niosh lifting equation and low back pain

Authors

  • Eliana Remor Teixeira Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
  • Maria Lúcia Ribeiro Okimoto Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Leila Amaral Gontijo Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14488/1676-1901.v11i3.710

Keywords:

NIOSH lifting equation. Lifting Index. Low back pain. Manual lifting. Ergonomics.

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to assess the relationship of the Lifting Index obtained through the application of the NIOSH Lifting Equation and the incidence of low back pain among forty-eight workers involved in manual lifting tasks. It was applied the equation in eleven tasks and the workers were interviewed. The most unfavorable conditions presented themselves in the lifting destination. The variables that most contributed to the inadequate values of the Lifting Index were: the horizontal location, the lifting frequency and the vertical distance, beyond the high weight of the load. The incidence of low back pain in the last twelve months was 19%, whereas the incidence of work-related low back pain in the same period was 10%. In 72.7% of the tasks evaluated the Composite Lifting Index was more than three, which are considered as high ergonomic risk.

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Author Biographies

Eliana Remor Teixeira, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção - PPGEP da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 

Maria Lúcia Ribeiro Okimoto, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Professora do Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica -

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Mecânica / PG-MEC / UFPR

Leila Amaral Gontijo, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Professora do Departamento de Engenharia de Produção e Sistemas - 

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia de Produção - PPGEP / UFSC

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Published

2011-09-06

How to Cite

Remor Teixeira, E., Ribeiro Okimoto, M. L., & Amaral Gontijo, L. (2011). Lifting index of the niosh lifting equation and low back pain. Revista Produção Online, 11(3), 735–756. https://doi.org/10.14488/1676-1901.v11i3.710

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 3 (2011)

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