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. 2017 Aug 7;55(5):444–454. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2017-0075

Table 1. For each task (A, B, C, D, E and F), the values of the load weight (L), the horizontal (H) and vertical (V) locations, the vertical travel distance (D), the asymmetry angle (A), the lifting frequency (F) and the hand-to-object coupling (C) and the corresponding values of the multipliers and recommended weight limit (RWL).

Task LC H (cm) HM V (cm) VM D (cm) DM A (°) AM F (lift/min) FM C CM L (kg) RWL LI
A 23 kg 25 1 75 1 25 1 30 0.9 ≤0.2 1 good 1 23 23 1

B 23 kg 25 1 75 1 25 1 0 1 ≤0.2 1 good 1 20.7 20.7

C 23 kg 50 0.5 75 1 25 1 30 0.9 ≤0.2 1 good 1 23 11.5 2

D 23 kg 50 0.5 75 1 25 1 0 1 ≤0.2 1 good 1 20.7 10.35

E 23 kg 60 0.42 30 0.87 45 0.92 30 0.9 ≤0.2 1 good 1 22.09 7.36 3

F 23 kg 63 0.4 30 0.87 45 0.92 0 1 ≤0.2 1 Good 1 20.88 6.96