Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Anthropometric analyses of a group of Brazilian feller-buncher operators.
2009; Editora da Universidade de São Paulo; Volume: 37; Issue: 81 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
2318-1222
AutoresHaroldo Carlos Fernándes, Andréia Bordini de Brito, Nerílson Terra Santos, Luciano José Minette, Paula Cristina Natalino Rinaldi,
Tópico(s)Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
ResumoThe adaptation and improvement in the working position of the operator have been the concern of the ergonomics with a view of preserving the human being’s physical, mental and social integrity. The present work’s objective was to evaluate the anthropometric measures of a sample of Brazilian workers’ operating wood harvesting machines of three models of “feller-bunchers”. The analyses were performed on machines operating in wood harvesting areas belonging to a forest company, located in the district of Santa Barbara, State of Minas Gerais Brazil. The evaluation of anthropometric measures of the operators was accomplished by two groups of measures, one group sitting and the other standing, and the results compared with those of operators obtained in North America. It can be concluded that the anthropometric measures of the Brazilian operators had significantly smaller differences than those of North American operators.
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