Webinar
How to Evaluate Lifting/Lowering Tasks Using the NIOSH Lifting Equation
Learn how to perform efficient and effective ergonomic assessments using the NIOSH Lifting Equation.
Overview
Prevention Pro Academy webinars are high-impact training sessions with no fluff and no sales pitch.
This webinar is no different — it’s a 65 minute technical webinar on how to use the NIOSH Lifting Equation. You will learn, in detail, exactly how to measure and record each task variable, ensuring your assessments are accurate and error-free.
The webinar also includes four case study examples of common lifting/lowering scenarios, a webinar transcript, the webinar PowerPoint slides, and a calculator to quickly and easily perform NIOSH Lifting Equation calculations.
Your instructor, Mark Middlesworth, MS, ATC/L, CEES, CEAS, is the founder of Ergonomics Plus and has been directing workplace ergonomics and injury prevention services since 1989.
Price: $125— Included with your Pro Membership!
Learning Objectives
By completing this 65 minute webinar, you will learn how to conduct an effective and efficient ergonomic assessment using the NIOSH Lifting Equation.
Webinar objectives:
- Learn the outputs of the NIOSH Lifting Equation
- Understand the Uses of the Recommended Weight Limit (RWL) and Lifting Index (LI)
- Learn how to prepare for the assessment
- Understand what task variables need to be collected
- Learn how to collect each task variable
- Learn how to perform calculations to obtain NIOSH Lifting Equation outputs
- See the NIOSH Lifting Equation in action with four step-by-step examples
This webinar is for:
- Safety Managers
- HR Managers
- Safety Team Members
- Ergonomics Team Members
- Athletic Trainers
- Physical Therapists
- Occupational Health Nurses
- Occupational Therapists
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Webinar Slides + Audio Transcript
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NIOSH Lifting Equation Calculator
Easily perform calculations using the NIOSH Lifting Equation Calculator
Instructor
Mark Middlesworth, MS, ATC/L, CEES, CEAS
Mark Middlesworth is the owner and president of Ergonomics Plus. Mark is a 1982 Purdue University athletic training graduate, and received his Master’s Degree in 1983 from Syracuse University.
Mark is a NATA Certified Athletic Trainer and a Certified Ergonomics Evaluation Specialist. He has been directing workplace injury prevention services since 1989.
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“The Prevention Pro Academy site has been a wonderful resource and source of education for me. The information on how to engage others in the proactive ergonomics process helps me as an Occupational Health Nurse (OHN) to “make sense of the science”. Many thanks for the great resource tool.”
