Rick,
The standard you need is:
prEN1005-2 1993 Human physical performance -manual handling of
objects associated to machinery.
It is, apparently, still at draft stage, and I don't know what the
cause of the delay is. However, it's got the sort of data you are
looking for and it seems to be wholly consistent with the
requirements contained in the UK's Manual Handling Regulations.
AFAIK the MH regs, like PUWER, are based on an EU directive
themselves so examination of the UK regs should be a good starting
point for finding out what is required elsewhere.
Let me know if you have trouble getting a copy of the draft and I'll
see whether I can get one from BSI for you.
Regards
Nick.
At 14:14 -0700 17/3/2000, [email protected] wrote:
I am looking for the appropriate European Ergonomic standard that addresses
the issue of manual lifting in the workplace. The US equivalent standards
are the "NIOSH Work Practices Guide for Manual Lifting" , OSHA 1910,
MIL-STD-1472 or MIL-HDBK-795.
Its my understanding that there are standards available such as British
Standard 5827, "Health & Safety at Work Etc Act", "Health & Safety at Work
Regulations", and "Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations", but I
assume that these are UK requirements which may or may not be accepted in
the European community.
I realize that this is not necessarily a "Product Safety" issue but I am
hoping that someone may be familiar with this. Any suggestions would be
appreciated.
Rick Busche
[email protected]
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