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OSHA has no ergonomics standard, yet it cites serious lifting hazards under the General Duty Clause - and musculoskeletal disorders remain a leading source of lost-time injuries. This guide builds the program in five moves: find the risk factors, score the tasks, fix them in control-hierarchy order, train, and verify with your own injury data.

Hand truck vs dolly vs platform cart: the upright two-wheeler climbs stairs and levers tall loads, the flat dolly carries the most per dollar but helps with nothing, and the deck-and-handle cart wins mixed loads over distance. Includes the decision table, convertible dual ratings, caster math, tires, and the NIOSH lifting threshold.

The NIOSH lifting equation decoded: the 51-lb load constant, all six multipliers with tables, a worked warehouse example, and the Lifting Index thresholds that say when to switch to equipment.