Forest harvesting in rural properties: risks and worsening to the worker’s health under the ergonomics approach

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dc.creatorStanley Schettino
dc.creatorLuciano José Minette
dc.creatorRoldão Carlos Andrade Lima
dc.creatorGlicia Silvania Pedroso Nascimento
dc.creatorSilvio Sérgio Caçador
dc.creatorMarlice Paes Leme Vieira
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-10T11:32:56Z
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-08T23:46:46Z
dc.date.available2023-05-10T11:32:56Z
dc.date.issued2021-03
dc.description.sponsorshipCNPq - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ergon.2021.103087
dc.identifier.issn1872-8219
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1843/52997
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
dc.rightsAcesso Restrito
dc.subjectColheita florestal
dc.subjectSegurança do trabalho
dc.subjectErgonomia
dc.subjectLesões por esforços repetitivos
dc.subject.otherForest management
dc.subject.otherForest work
dc.subject.otherWorker?s health
dc.subject.otherErgonomic risk
dc.titleForest harvesting in rural properties: risks and worsening to the worker’s health under the ergonomics approach
dc.typeArtigo de periódico
local.citation.spage103087
local.citation.volume82
local.description.resumoThrough 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.
local.publisher.countryBrasil
local.publisher.departmentICA - INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS
local.publisher.initialsUFMG
local.url.externahttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169814121000056

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