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This work used as an ergonomic analysis method the OCRA checklist method, thus enabling an ergonomic risk analysis of the external plaster activity, which is indicated by International Standard ISO 11228-3: 2009 as the preferred process of repetitive action analysis. The data collection took place in construction sites in the cities of Ponta Grossa/PR and Porto Alegre/RS through the application of filming and interview. The analysis of the demand verified the higher incidence of upper limb pain and lesions, besides the question of repetitiveness in the analyzed activity. The study of the chosen activity resulted in a high level of risk requiring immediate intervention, with subsequent suggestion of improvements and confirmation by means of recalculation of the ergonomic risk to implement the advances by one of the participating companies. The progress resulted in a reduction of ergonomic risks by more than 50%, with improvement in the postures and strength requirements.
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Michaloski, A.O., Stradioto, J.P., de Paula Xavier, A.A. (2020). Ergonomics Study in the Productive Process in Civil Construction in the External Plastering Activity. In: Goossens, R., Murata, A. (eds) Advances in Social and Occupational Ergonomics. AHFE 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 970. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20145-6_24
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