| QEC Action Levels |
| Robert Brown at The University of Sunderland has recently suggested some preliminary 'Action levels' for the QEC system, based on the assessment of a variety of tasks using both the QEC and the RULA, and comparing the exposure scores obtained from both tools. More information can be found in Brown and Li (2003). |
| QEC total exposure score* |
| Actions suggested |
| Equivalent RULA scores |
| Less than 40%: Acceptable 1-2 41-50%: Investigate further 3-4 51-70%: Investigate further and change soon 5-6 More than 70%: Investigate and change immediately 7+ |
| Note: * The exposure level is calculated as the rate between the actual total exposure score X and the maximum possible total Xmax. For manual handling tasks, XmaxMH=176; for other tasks, Xmax=162. Please refer to the QEC Exposure Score Table for further details. |