UNI EN 1005-3 : 2009

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
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Provides guidance to the manufacturer of machinery or its component parts and the writer of C-standards in controlling health risks due to machine-related muscular force exertion.