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1 Margaret Jan Thompson Mettert, Lifting and Carrying Weights by Women in Industry 1 (1946)

handle is hein.peggy/sbwoburc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: LIFTING AND CARRYING WEIGHTS BY WOMEN IN INDUSTRY I. Guard against injury to physique in the lifting of heavy weights. II. Analyze the elements in weight lifting to develop methods of saving energy. III. Overcome the dangers involved in lifting heavy weights by using certain methods. 1. Introduce lifting and conveying devices. 2. Provide efficient conditions for work. 3. Inform workers as to proper methods of lifting. IV. Train workers to use the most economical methods of carrying weights. V. Protect the health of workers in heavy industries by physical examinations. VI. State regulation of weight lifting is more effective through the general authority granted regulatory bodies than through specific laws fixing maximum weights. The selection of a woman for a job requiring constant lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling should depend not only on her weight and height but on the amount of strength she has. An apparently sturdy woman may find such work on heavy materials far beyond her capacity, whereas a slight woman may have the strength to do it without injury to herself if she does it properly. The plant physician should decide on a woman's physical ability in each heavy job. The distances that loads are to be carried also should be considered in determining their size; and not only how far they are to be carried, but how constantly, and whether up or down stairs, through crowded aisles, or over uneven floors or ground. As with lifting and carrying, the safe load to be pushed in a wheelbarrow or a cart will vary with the conditions of work. For short periods at a stretch, over a smooth floor and on the level, a woman can push more than she can if the work is constant over a period of hours, if the ground is rough, or if she pushes up and down ramps or other elevations. It is im- portant also that whoever loads the wheelbarrow or cart should pile the material carefully, so as to balance the load, to relieve the woman of the weight as much as possible, and to avert the danger of spills. Many occupations in which women are employed involve 697361 -46 1 Reproduction by Permission of Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Buffalo, NY

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