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Increasing Productivity and Safety in Overhead Bridge Crane Operation

From Gorbel Inc.
 

 

In a study performed by the Rochester Institute of Technology, manually operated, traditional I-Beam cranes were compared to Gorbel® Work Station Cranes (WSC) in relation to push and pull standards developed by Snook and Cirello (1991) for consideration by NIOSH. This study consisted of two parts: * Part One compared the Snook and Cirello guidelines with the type of push/pull forces experienced in industrial conditions on I-Beam and WSCs. * Part Two determined the difference in productivity for both types of cranes.

The first part of the study determined the gross force required by an average male and an average female to keep a load in motion (sustaining force) while safely* performing work at a sustainable rate on both types of cranes. The graphs below illustrate the sustaining forces for the subjects.

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