ART Tool (assessment of repetitive tasks) Manual Handling

Department

Task being carried out

Prepared by

A1 Left arm movements (0 infrequent, 3 frequent (with pauses), 6 very frequent/continuous)

A1 Right arm movements (0 infrequent, 3 frequent (with pauses), 6 very frequent/continuous)

A2 Left arm repetition in one minute (10 times or less = 0, 11-20 times = 3, >20 times = 6)

A2 Right arm repetition in one minute (10 times or less = 0, 11-20 times = 3, >20 times = 6)

C. Head/ Neck posture (0 neutral position, 1 bent or twisted 15-30% of the time, 2 bent or twisted more than 50% of the time

Back posture (0 neutral position, 1 bent forward, sideways, twisted part of the time, 2 bent forward, sideways, twisted for more than half the time?

Left arm posture (0 kept close to the body, 2 raised away from the body part of the time, 3 raised away from the body for more than half the time)

Right arm posture (0 kept close to the body, 2 raised away from the body part of the time, 3 raised away from the body for more than half the time)

Left wrist posture (0 almost straight, 1 bent/deviated part of the time, 2 bent/ deviated more than half the time)

Right wrist posture (0 almost straight, 1 bent/deviated part of the time, 2 bent/ deviated more than half the time)

D Continuous working (0 = less than 1 hour, 2 = 1-2hrs, 4 = 2-3hrs, 6 = 3-4hrs, 8 = 4jhrs or more)

Work pace (0 not difficult to keep up, 1 sometimes difficult, 2 often difficult)

Factors affecting left arm (0 is no factors, 1 one factor is present, 2 three factors present)

Factors affecting right arm (0 is no factors, 1 one factor is present, 2 three factors present)

Duration multiplier (0.5 = less than 2 hrs, 0.75 = 2-4hrs, 1 = 4-8hrs, 1.5 = over 8 hrs)

Task Score A1+A2+C1+C2+C3+C4+C5+D1+D2+D3=

Duration Multiplier x Task Score = Exposure Score

Name of person carrying out assessment

Name of person being assessed

Job role of person being assessed

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