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2. Manual handling of loads - Wikipedia

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   The NIOSH lifting equation is a tool (now application) that can be used by health and safety professionals to assess employees who are exposed to manual lifting or handling of materials. [7] The NIOSH lifting equation is a mathematical calculation which calculates the Recommended Weight Limit (RWL) using a series of tables, variables, and ...

3. Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998

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   The Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER) are set of regulations created under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 which came into force in Great Britain on 5 December 1998 [1] and replaced a number of other pieces of legislation which previously covered the use of lifting equipment.

4. Lifting equipment - Wikipedia

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   Lifting equipment, also known as lifting gear, is a general term for any equipment that can be used to lift and lower loads. [1] Types of lifting equipment include heavy machinery such as the patient lift , overhead cranes , forklifts , jacks , building cradles, and passenger lifts, and can also include smaller accessories such as chains ...

5. Fastest-growing job in the U.S. pays up to $103K a year ... - AOL

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   Fastest-growing job in the U.S. pays up to $103K a year without a college degree—but candidates have to endure extreme weather and lug 50 pounds of gear up long ladders to confined spaces

6. Block and tackle - Wikipedia

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   The mechanical advantage is 2, requiring a force of only 50 N to lift the load. A block and tackle is characterized by the use of a single continuous rope to transmit a tension force around one or more pulleys to lift or move a load. Its mechanical advantage is the number of parts of the rope that act on the load. The mechanical advantage of a ...

7. 'Largest floating crane' at Baltimore bridge site isn't the ...

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   The Chesapeake 1000 can lift up to 1,000 tons. The Left Coast Lifter supercrane — which was nicknamed "I Lift New York" during its work in the Tappan Zee section of the river — can lift 1,929 ...

8. Crane (machine) - Wikipedia

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   The polyspastos, when worked by four men at both sides of the winch, could readily lift 3,000 kg (6,600 lb) (3 ropes x 5 pulleys x 4 men x 50 kg or 110 lb = 3,000 kg or 6,600 lb). If the winch was replaced by a treadwheel, the maximum load could be doubled to 6,000 kg (13,000 lb) at only half the crew, since the treadwheel possesses a much ...

9. Material handling - Wikipedia

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   While material handling is usually required as part of every production worker's job, over 650,000 people in the U.S. work as dedicated "material moving machine operators" and have a median annual wage of $31,530 (May 2012). [4]