Ergonomic Evaluation of Pruning and Harvesting Tasks of Winegrape Trellis Systems

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• Personal Author:
  Fathallah FA ; Faucett J ; Garcia E ; Janowitz I ; Kato AE ; Meyers JM ; Miles JA ; Miller BJ ; Reiter DA ; Tejeda DG
• Description:
  There is high prevalence of work related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in the winegrape industry. Manual pruning of dormant vines and harvesting are highly repetitive and physically demanding jobs that are expected to expose workers to an increased risk for MSDs. The purpose of this study is to quantify risk factors associated with the development of musculoskeletal injuries to the wrist and lower back while pruning and harvesting five commonly used winegrape trellis systems. Twenty three subjects participated in two separate pruning and harvesting simulations. Subjects performed either a simulated pruning or harvesting task as wrist and trunk postures data were gathered. The results revealed significant differences among the trellis systems. Compared to the other systems, the vertical shoot positioned (VSP) was determined to be most optimal in terms of decreasing relative MSD risk, for both pruning and harvesting. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Ergonomics Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Injuries Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Occupational-exposure Occupational-health Risk-analysis Risk-factors Worker-health Workers
• Publisher:
  Ergonomics Society of Korea
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030025
• Citation:
  Ergonomics in the digital Age. XVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, and the 7th Joint Conference of the Ergonomics Society of Korea/Japan Ergonomics Society, August 24-29, 2003, Seoul, South Korea. Seoul, South Korea: Ergonomics Society of Korea, 2003 Aug; :655-659
• Email:
  fathallah@ucdavis.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Low Back Disorders
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, Davis, California
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20000601
• Source Full Name:
  Ergonomics in the digital Age. XVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, and the 7th Joint Conference of the Ergonomics Society of Korea/Japan Ergonomics Society, August 24-29, 2003, Seoul, South Korea
• End Date:
  20040531
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:45e7605535ebc52c88fb3389525a5942efd2666137789ff0d04e9ebd0f83e248001130e6ece007378c32f2cf1b898b4a492e14b473f7c248cf35d526188b62fd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190882/cdc_190882_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.37 MB ]