A review on ergonomics in agriculture. part II: Mechanized operations

L Benos, D Tsaopoulos, D Bochtis - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) have long been recognized as the most
common risks that operation of agricultural machineries poses, thus, undermining the ability …

Whole-body vibration in farming: Background document for creating a simplified procedure to determine agricultural tractor vibration comfort

M Cutini, M Brambilla, C Bisaglia - Agriculture, 2017 - mdpi.com
Operator exposure to high levels of whole-body vibration (WBV) presents risks to health and
safety and it is reported to worsen or even cause back injuries. Work activities resulting in …

Estimating the dynamics of a machine-tractor assembly considering the effect of the supporting surface profile

I Galych, R Antoshchenkov… - … -European Journal of …, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
Results of theoretical studies of dynamics of the machine-tractor assembly taking into
account the influence of a bearing surface profile were presented. It was established that in …

Proposal of combined noise and hand-arm vibration index for occupational exposure: Application to a study case in the olive sector

R Nieto-Álvarez, ML de la Hoz-Torres… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In many production and industrial sectors, workers are exposed to noise and hand-arm
vibrations (HAV). European directives have established the maximum limit values or …

An analysis of safety and health issues in agriculture towards work automation

L Benos, DD Bochtis - … technologies for agriculture—theme IV: actions, 2022 - Springer
Agriculture is a sector which employs a plethora of workers worldwide and has experienced
a lot of technological advances that has improved the farmers' standard of living to a great …

Vibration from electric hand-held harvesters for olives

E Cerruto, G Manetto - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Portable harvesters for olive harvesting expose workers to high
vibration risks to the hand-arm system. With the same harvester head, reduction in vibration …

Vibration test and analysis of mini-tiller

L Guo, C Jian, X Hangjia, W Shimeng - International Journal of Agricultural …, 2016 - ijabe.org
Intense vibration happens at the handle of the mini-tillers that abundantly used in
mountainous and hilly areas of southwest China. It is absolutely essential to probe into the …

Recent trends in reduction of hand arm vibration syndrome for agricultural handheld equipment: A review based on challenges and future directions

SS Awati, AS Todkar - Noise & Vibration Worldwide, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
A major occupational health risk in the agricultural industry is Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome
(HAVS), which is brought on by exposure to vibration from handled machinery. This review …

Development of a test bench for vibration measurements of hand-held harvesters for olives

E Cerruto, G Manetto, D Longo - Conference of the Italian society of …, 2022 - Springer
Olive harvesting is the most expensive activity among cultural operations, so its
mechanization is essential to reduce production costs. For this reason, the use of hand-held …

Hand arm vibration: comparison between laboratory and in field tests

E Cerruto, G Manetto, R Papa - … conference on safety, health and welfare …, 2020 - Springer
Vibration is the most important and known risk connected with the use of modern portable
harvesters for olive harvesting. At the same time, acceleration measurement is a quite …