Hearing Finds and Posture in Workers of the Improvement of the Manioc in Sergipe State, Brazil
| Autor: | Maria Goretti Fernandes, Marcos André Santos Guedes, Tereza Raquel Ribeiro de Sena, Ângelo R. Antoniolli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Neck pain 030505 public health media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences food and beverages Human factors and ergonomics Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences Work (electrical) Hygiene Insomnia medicine Physical therapy 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science Psychology Personal protective equipment 050107 human factors Tinnitus media_common |
| Zdroj: | Communications in Computer and Information Science ISBN: 9783319587493 HCI (29) |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-58750-9_78 |
| Popis: | The cassava’s processing is developed from artisanal way in Flour’s House in Brazil. In most cases, the workers are of the female gender and with low schooling. Working conditions are poor, the journey is exhaustive, the mental load of work favors the occurrence of accidents, excessive fatigue and premature wear being responsible for the illness of the worker. The aim of this study was to identify the complaints related to the ergonomics, with emphasis on acoustic comfort and postural aspects of workers during the process of Flour processing of cassava root. Were evaluated 99 female workers, aged between 18 and 81 years, that develop activities of scraping the bark of the cassava root, in the job of scraper. The data were analyzed and the results revealed exhaustive work, risk of accidents at work by cutting instrument, static work with inadequate body postures, continuous noise uncomfortable, lack of personal protective equipment, body fatigue, tinnitus, insomnia, neck pain and difficulty breathing. This study may highlight that the work of cassava scraper is uncomfortable. The intense noise measured and the corporal postures at work can be related to complaints of insomnia, cervical pain, fatigue, tinnitus and can lead to lack of attention, stress, accidents at work. We believed that the adoption of hygiene measures at work can contribute to intense noise reduction and overload in musculature, favoring the health of cassava processing worker. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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