PD ISO/TR 12295:2014

1   Scope This Technical Report is an application document that guides users of the ISO 11228 series of International Standards, which address manual handling, and ISO 11226, which deals with static working postures. Specifically, it guides the user and provides additional information in the selection and use of the appropriate standards. Depending upon whether specific risks are present, it is intended to assist the user to decide which standards should be applied. It has a dual scope:

a) To provide all users, and particularly those who are not experts in ergonomics, with criteria and procedures:

— to identify the situations in which they can apply the standards of the ISO 11228 series and/or ISO 11226;

— according to the criteria given in the relative standard, to provide a “quick assessment” method to easily recognize activities that are “certainly acceptable” or “certainly critical”. If an activity is “not acceptable” it is necessary to complete a detailed risk-assessment as set out in the standard, but it should be possible to continue with the subsequent actions. Where the quick-assessment method shows that the activity risk falls between the two exposure conditions then it is nec...