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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/52997| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Forest harvesting in rural properties: risks and worsening to the worker’s health under the ergonomics approach |
| Authors: | Stanley Schettino Luciano José Minette Roldão Carlos Andrade Lima Glicia Silvania Pedroso Nascimento Silvio Sérgio Caçador Marlice Paes Leme Vieira |
| Abstract: | Through an ergonomic approach, this study aimed to evaluate whether workers involved in forest harvesting activities in rural properties are subject to the development of work-related diseases, as well as their consequences. A cross-sectional study with 267 forest workers in rural properties in the Brazilian Central region was used. The following evaluations were performed for each of the activities (felling, delimbing, tracing, manual extraction and manual loading): physical workload evaluation; biomechanical evaluation; risk of repetitive strain injuries/work-related musculoskeletal disorders; environmental noise and vibration factors, where relevant, and thermal overload through the Wetbulb Globe Temperature index. The results showed that in general the physical workload was very high, exceeding the cardiovascular load limits and adding to the need for work reorganization. All activities exposed workers to serious and imminent risks of developing injuries to the spine and lower limbs. Likewise, in general the risk of the appearance of RSI/WMSDs was very high for all activities evaluated. Such results are due to the combination of organizational work factors and factors of the work environment such as exposure to bad weather, uneven terrain, lifting and handling loads above tolerable limits, excessive noise and thermal overload. All of this allows to conclude that ergonomic risks and workers’ health hazards in forest harvesting in rural properties are latent and very worrying, and that these workers are exposed to a form of labor exploitation that invariably leads to physical and emotional exhaustion and therefore to their decreased labor capacity and useful working life. |
| Subject: | Colheita florestal Segurança do trabalho Ergonomia Lesões por esforços repetitivos |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | ICA - INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS |
| Rights: | Acesso Restrito |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ergon.2021.103087 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/52997 |
| Issue Date: | Mar-2021 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169814121000056 |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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