Safety App Of The Week
February 24, 2014 No Comments
Below is this week’s “Safety App of the Week“. Every Monday we publish an article that reviews and rates a new workplace safety app. Our testing is done on Apple iPads and Samsung Galaxy Tab 3s. We rate each app from ♥ to ♥♥♥♥♥ (♥♥♥♥♥ is the best). Prior app of the week articles are archived here.
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Safe Lifting Calculator
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Official Description
“Oregon OSHA’s Easy Lift app uses a modified version of the NIOSH lifting equation to give the user a maximum safe weight for various lifting scenarios.
——Step 1: Indicate where your lift begins.
——Step 2: Estimate the number of lifts per minute and the hours of lifting per day.
——Step 3: The app calculates the maximum safe lifting weight.“1
Thumbs Up
- cost is free
- no registration or sign in required
- super simple to use – only three screens (see above)
- visually interesting
- fun, FUN
- fast – it takes only 10 to 15 seconds to make a lifting calculation
- based on the NIOSH lifting equation
- accurate – produced fairly similar results to those attained with the LiftRight app
- great for use by employees and supervisors
- can be used off-line
Thumbs Down
- the app “hung up” a couple of times when used in rapid succession – slow down and you should be OK
- for critical ergonomic lifting surveys safety professionals / industrial hygienists / ergonomists will want to use the more comprehensive and precise LiftRight app in place of this overly simplistic app
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Overall Rating
- iPad/iPhone – ♥♥♥♥♥
- Android – ♥♥♥♥♥
¹ Descriptions courtesy of Apple Inc.
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