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Home › Safety at work › Ergonomics › Assessment Tools

Worksheet A - MSI Risk Factor Identification

A worksheet to help identify factors that pose a risk of MSI.
Source: WorkSafeBC
* PDF (101 KB)

Worksheet B - MSI Risk Factor Assessment

A worksheet to help determine if the risk factors identified in Worksheet A pose a high or moderate risk of MSI.
Source: WorkSafeBC
* PDF (202 KB)

Lift / Lower Calculator

Lift / Lower Calculator This calculator takes into account some common risk factors and then helps you estimate whether a lift has a low, moderate, or high risk of injury. Source: WorkSafeBC

Push / Pull / Carry Calculator

Push / Pull / Carry Calculator This calculator can be used to estimate the suggested maximum force that can be used during pushing and pulling, and the weight that can be carried. Source: WorkSafeBC

MSI Prevention Guidance Sheets

To be used with Worksheets A and B to identify and assess the risk factors of MSI.

• Risk Factor: Local Contact Stresses (PDF 132 KB)
• Risk Factor: Cold Temperature (PDF 28 KB)
• Risk Factor: Pushing/Pulling/Carrying (PDF 20 KB)
• Tools for Ergonomic Assessments (Dynamometers and Goniometers) (PDF 109 KB)

Source: WorkSafeBC

RULA - Rapid Upper Limb Assessment

RULA is a screening tool that assesses biomechanical and postural loading on the whole body with particular attention to the neck, trunk and upper limbs.
Source: RULA
* HTML

REBA - Rapid Entire Body Assessment

RULA is a postural targeting method for estimating the risks of work-related entire body disorders.
Source: Cornell University Ergonomics Web
* HTML

NIOSH - Lifting Equation

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) developed a lifting equation designed to determine the safety of lifting tasks.
Source: NIOSH
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OWAS - Ovako Working Posture Assessment System

OWAS is a method for the evaluation of postural load during work.
Source: Tampere University of Technology
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Snook and Ciriello's Tables

"Snook's tables" provide guidance as to the proportion of the population that should be able to do the tasks as a regular part of daily work.
Source: Ergonomiesite.be
* PDF (114 KB)

Liberty Mutual Manual Materials Handling Tables

The "Liberty Mutual Manual Materials Handling Tables" 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.
Source: Liberty Mutual
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Job Strain Index

The analysis methods provided here have been adapted by the author or others for training and job analysis purposes. Generally they are in the open literature. Detailed and specialized evaluation tools are available from other sources. This website lists many of the analysis methods listed above as well. as:

• ACGIH TLV Hand Activity
• ACGIH TLV Lifting
• Moore-Garg Strain Index

Source: Thomas E. Bernard
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