RULA
Industrial Engineering
RULA (Rapid Upper Limb Assessment)
Rapid Upper Limb Assessment
Ergonomic screening method for assessing upper-body posture, force and repetition risk.
Examples
- 01A RULA assessment of a cable-tie task scores 6 because operators work with raised arms and bent wrists.
- 02The safety team reviews RULA scores for all hand-intensive workstations and starts with the highest risks.
- 03After the fixture is tilted by 30° and the parts are raised to elbow height, the RULA score drops from 6 to 3.