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Assessment of Occupational Vibration on Tire × Track Harvesters in Forest Harvesting

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Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) (IEA 2018)

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Abstract

The objectives of this study were to compare the levels of occupational whole-body vibration presented by tire and track harvesters, in order to verify if there are significant differences between the two types of machines, and also if such exposure represents a health risk to the operators. Two models of track harvesters and two of tire harvesters were assessed. The assessment was carried out according to the methodology established in ISO Standard 2631-1: 1997 and the results were compared to the reference values of Directive 2002/44/EC. The tire harvesters presented low vibration levels, not representing disease development risk to the operators. The track harvesters presented about 2.3 higher vibration values than those presented by tire harvesters and above the limit of action foreseen in the reference standard, thus actions to mitigate the deleterious effects of vibration on the health of the workers become necessary. Thus, the results of this study allowed us to conclude that track harvesters have significantly higher occupational vibration levels than those presented by tire harvesters; that such values are above the limit of action established by the reference standard; that immediate interventions in machinery and processes are necessary in order to reduce operator exposure to vibration; and that they are exposed to a high risk of developing occupational diseases resulting from exposure to the physical agent vibration.

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  1. Federal University of Minas Gerais, Av. Universitária, 1000, Montes Claros, MG, Brazil

    Stanley Schettino

  2. Federal University of Viçosa, Av. P.H. Rolfs s/n, Viçosa, MG, Brazil

    Luciano José Minette & Isabela Dias Reboleto

  3. Federal University of Espirito Santo, Av. Gov. Lindemberg 316 J., Monteiro, ES, Brazil

    Silvio Sérgio Caçador

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  1. University of the Republic of San Marino, San Marino, San Marino

    Sebastiano Bagnara

  2. Centre for Clinical Risk Management and Patient Safety, Tuscany Region, Florence, Italy

    Riccardo Tartaglia

  3. Centre for Clinical Risk Management and Patient Safety, Tuscany Region, Florence, Italy

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  4. Fraunhofer FKIE, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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Schettino, S., Minette, L.J., Caçador, S.S., Reboleto, I.D. (2019). Assessment of Occupational Vibration on Tire × Track Harvesters in Forest Harvesting. In: Bagnara, S., Tartaglia, R., Albolino, S., Alexander, T., Fujita, Y. (eds) Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018). IEA 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 819. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96089-0_4

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