Picking Perfection News Magazine Examined Changing Workforce Demographics in Material Handling
The current issue of Picking Perfection, examined the updated manual for material handling tables by The Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety. These data’s provide both the male and female population percentages capable of performing manual material handling tasks without over exertion, rather than maximum acceptable weights and forces. This manual material handling analysis tool can be used to perform ergonomic assessments of lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, and carrying tasks with the primary goal of supporting ergonomic design interventions.
View full press release