Materials Handling Standard Time Data

Materials Handling Standard Time Data

Standardization of Work Measurement, Volume 9, Miscellaneous Occupations (Transportation, Packaging, Materials Handling...).

This volume of Miscellaneous Occupations Standard Time Data is one of ten volumes of standard time data in the 11 volume series included in DWMSTDP. Miscellaneous Occupations as categorized by the Department of Labor includes those occupations concerned with transportation services (surface, water and air); materials handling, packaging and warehousing; utilities; amusement, recreation and motion picture services; mining and logging; graphic arts; and various other activities. This volume provides a single DoD source for Standard Time Data elements which can be used in the development of labor standards for: 1.1.1 Organizations, activities or functional areas whose primary mission correlates to miscellaneous occupations, e.g., surface, water and air transport and terminal operations; packaging or packing; materials handling, warehousing. 1.1.2 Miscellaneous type operations which are accomplished in organizations, activities or functional areas with primary missions not correlated to Miscellaneous Occupations, e.g., packagers or material handlers assigned to maintenance or machine shops. 1.1.3 Elements of work performed by personnel whose primary job is other than Miscellaneous but who may actually do that type work as part of their job, e.g., a machinist attaching and operating a hoist to a part being machined, (materials handling), a mechanic unpacking a part to be installed, (packaging), or a construction worker handling materials, (materials handling).

Guide to Manual Materials Handling

Manual Materials Handling MMH creates special problems for many different workers worldwide. Labourers engaged in jobs which require extensive lifting/lowering, carrying and pushing/pulling of heavy materials have suffered increasing rates of musculo-skeletal injury, especially to the back.; This guide is intended to include all activities involved in MMH lifting, pushing, pulling, carrying and holding. Recommendations are provided in the form of design data that can be used to design different MMH work activities. The guide is divided into two parts. Part I outlines the scope of the problem, discusses the factors that influence a person's capacity to perform MMH activities and / or should be modified to reduce the risk of injuries, and reviews the various design approaches to solving the MMH problem. Part II provides specific design data in six distinct chapters. The seventh chapter of Part II of the guide describes various mechanical devices that are available to aid MMH activities.; The guide is aimed at all concerned with the health impact of MMH activities; occupational health and safety workers; senior human resource managers; ergonomists; workers' compensation lawyers; union representatives.