Sentence examples for occupational lifting from inspiring English sources

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) developed a lifting equation in 1981 to indicate "safe" occupational lifting limits.

It is believed that adherence to these guidelines can minimize the risk of recurrent low back disorders due to occupational lifting.

To prevent low back disorders due to lifting activities, occupational lifting tasks are being replaced by pushing/pulling tasks, for instance in refuse collection.

It is recommended that ergonomists acknowledge the very conservative nature of the revised NIOSH lifting equation when using it to evaluate occupational lifting tasks.

This finding indicates that occupational lifting of heavy burdens is an independent risk factor for IHD among males.

Unfortunately, detailed information on duration of occupational lifting as well as exact weight and frequency of the lifted burdens was not available.

Occupational heavy lifting seems to be a particularly strong risk factor among men with low occupational and leisure time physical activity.

Men exposed to occupational heavy lifting were less likely to be hypertensive and stressed compared to men unexposed to heavy lifting.

A combined measure of occupational heavy lifting and general occupational physical activity as well as a combined measure of occupational heavy lifting and physical activity in leisure time were evaluated in relation to the risk of IHD and all-cause mortality.

Because IHD only constitutes about 25% of all deaths among men in Denmark, and that the biological causation is mediated by the negative effects of occupational heavy lifting on the cardiovascular system, we consider this finding to support the independent relation between heavy lifting and IHD among men.

Furthermore, women with occupational heavy lifting were more likely to be obese (BMI > 30) compared to women with no heavy lifting.