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Maida A. Dela Cueva, . and Angela Magdalene Agustin, . and Joan Urzal, . and Aileen Vibal, . and Racquel Yang, . (2007) Ergonomic intervention in manual handling of harvested pineapples in the Philippines. [Proceedings Paper]
Abstract
harvesting of pineapples is one of the most manual labor intensive works in agriculture. The harvested pineapples are placed in sacks which are lifted and carried individually by each farm worker from the harvesting field to the haulting site usually several hundred meters away where delivery trucks await to pick-up harvest. The lifting and carrying of heavy sacks to rest at the upper back and shoulder parts causes body pain when lifting and carrying of heavy sacks to rest at the upper back and shoulder parts causes body pain when lifting is done continuously for at least eight hours everyday and without any protection to cushion the weight. This paper attempts to identify which parts of the upper body experience the most pain due to lifting of sacks loaded with pineapple fruits that weigh 30 kilos or 50 kilos. The Body Discomfort Scale was results show that shoulders and neck parts experienced by the workers after the task. The results show that shoulders and neck parts experience the greatest pain when they carry 50 kilos while the legs and thigh parts experience the most pain when they carry 30 kilos. Also farmers that hauled 50-kilo sacks of harvest frpm farm to pickup point at the roadside accumulated more pineapples compared to the total kilos accumulated when they hauled 30-kilo sacks of harvest.
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harvesting of pineapples is one of the most manual labor intensive works in agriculture. The harvested pineapples are placed in sacks which are lifted and carried individually by each farm worker from the harvesting field to the haulting site usually several hundred meters away where delivery trucks await to pick-up harvest. The lifting and carrying of heavy sacks to rest at the upper back and shoulder parts causes body pain when lifting and carrying of heavy sacks to rest at the upper back and shoulder parts causes body pain when lifting is done continuously for at least eight hours everyday and without any protection to cushion the weight. This paper attempts to identify which parts of the upper body experience the most pain due to lifting of sacks loaded with pineapple fruits that weigh 30 kilos or 50 kilos. The Body Discomfort Scale was results show that shoulders and neck parts experienced by the workers after the task. The results show that shoulders and neck parts experience the greatest pain when they carry 50 kilos while the legs and thigh parts experience the most pain when they carry 30 kilos. Also farmers that hauled 50-kilo sacks of harvest frpm farm to pickup point at the roadside accumulated more pineapples compared to the total kilos accumulated when they hauled 30-kilo sacks of harvest.
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| Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
|---|---|
| Additional Information: | Perpustakaan Sultan Abdul Samad Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang Selangor Malaysia. S671.3 A278 2007 |
| AGROVOC Term: | CARRYING CAPACITY |
| AGROVOC Term: | HANDLING |
| AGROVOC Term: | PAIN |
| AGROVOC Term: | BODY CONDITION |
| AGROVOC Term: | PRODUCTIVITY |
| AGROVOC Term: | ERGONOMICS |
| AGROVOC Term: | PHILIPPINES |
| Geographical Term: | MALAYSIA |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim |
| Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2025 05:13 |
| URI: | http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11110 |
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