Abstract
The major objectives of the work presented here were to determine the differences between lifting capabilities of industrial and non-industrial populations by collecting experimental data under identical conditions and to quantify the patterns of such differences. Using the psychophysical approach, male and female industrial and non-industrial workers performed 36 variations of manual lifting task. The major findings of the study were: (i) generally the responses of non-industrial workers to task variables is very similar to the responses of industrial workers, (ii) overall, the lifting capability of non-industrial workers is significantly lower than the lifting capability of industrial workers.
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