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Ergonomics

the heaviest load workers choose to handle repeatedly without overexertion, used to set manual handling limits.

In ergonomics, maximum acceptable weight refers to the heaviest load workers choose to handle repeatedly without overexertion, used to set manual handling limits. This meaning comes from Snook (1991) in Ergonomics.[1]

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Snook, S. H., & Ciriello, V. M. (1991). The design of manual handling tasks: revised tables of maximum acceptable weights and forces. Ergonomics, 34(9), 1197-1213. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139108964855

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