Annual Meeting

Ergonomics Pioneers Discuss Work on NIOSH Guide

     Almost 30 years have passed since the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health first published Work Practices Guide for Manual Lifting (1981). The guide offered, for the first time, a practical method to estimate the acceptable weight of lifting based on scientific analysis.

     Since its publication, this guide has been used by ergonomists worldwide as a powerful tool for task design and injury prevention in industrial practice. To highlight this accomplishment, a special panel session at the HFES 54th Annual Meeting will bring together authors of this landmark ergonomics tool. The seven panelists - M. M. Ayoub, Don. B. Chaffin, Colin G. Drury, Arun Garg, Gary Herrin, Karl H. E. Kroemer, and Stover H. Snook - will discuss what they knew at that time, how the guide was developed, what they learned in the process, and considerations for future work.

     "Pioneers in Ergonomics: Original Authors of the 1981 NIOSH Work Practices Guide for Manual Lifting" will take place on Wednesday, September 29, from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. in Grand Ballroom C. The session is sponsored by the Industrial Ergonomics Technical Group, the HFES Council of Technical Groups, Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, and the Safety Technical Group. It will be followed by a reception in the Market Street Foyer.

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