Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Recommendations
4.1 General recommendations and information
4.2 Risk assessment of action forces
4.2.1 Step A: Determination of basic force
generating capacity
4.2.2 Step B: Determination of adjusted capacity
4.2.3 Step C: Evaluation of tolerability and risk
4.3 Factors affecting risk
4.3.1 Working posture
4.3.2 Acceleration and movement precision
4.3.3 Vibration
4.3.4 Man-machine interaction
4.3.5 Personal protective equipment
4.3.6 External environment
Annex A (informative) - Calculation procedure for
Alternative 2
A.1 General
A.2 Input parameters
A.3 Procedure
A.3.1 Force distribution
A.3.2 Logarithmic transformation
A.3.3 Calculation of force percentiles
A.4 Results
Annex B (informative) - Calculation procedure for
Alternative 3
B.1 General
B.2 Input parameters
B.2.1 Force
B.2.2 User demography
B.3 Procedure
B.3.1 Synthetical distribution parameters of subgroups
B.3.2 Logarithmic distributions
B.3.3 Generation of new distribution functions of male
and female subgroups
B.3.4 Weighting and combining of all subgroup
distributions
B.3.5 Calculation of percentiles
B.4 Result
Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this European
Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU
Directive 98/37/EC, amended by 98/79/EC
Annex ZB (informative) - Relationship between this European
Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU
Directive 2006/42/EC
Bibliography