Posturas estereotipadas e ritmo de produção no processo produtivo do setor de prensas e queixas osteomusculares

Abstract

The study sought to analyze the positions taken during various stages of production process and the pace of production, and complaints of musculoskeletal pain operators of an industrial process for the production lines of the Operative Unit presses in an automotive industry that could be related such working conditions. Based on the method of Guerin et al (2001), the study was conducted from the data analysis, interviews with workers involved in the production process and systematic observations made during the investigation. It was observed that workers suffer from time pressure presses for production, are repetitive and stereotyped postures adopted to perform the tasks, which may be risk factors for their illness. At the end of the study were proposed replacements of some tools, recalculation of the operative cycle time and increased headcount, to benefit the health of workers.