Characteristics of the workplace of harvester operators in Poland

Dominika Gaj-Gielarowiec, Karol Gielarowiec, Grzegorz Szewczyk and Paweł Tylek
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Dominika Gaj-Gielarowiec: State Forests, Daleszyce Forest District, Daleszyce, Poland
Karol Gielarowiec: State Forests, Radoszyce Forest District, Radoszyce, Poland
Grzegorz Szewczyk: Department of Forest Utilization and Forest Techniques, Faculty of Forestry, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
Paweł Tylek: Department of Forest Utilization and Forest Techniques, Faculty of Forestry, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow, Poland

Journal of Forest Science, 2024, vol. 70, issue 10, 501-511

Abstract: The objective of the presented research was to create an average image of a harvester operator in Poland and to identify factors influencing the degree of mental workload. We used a survey of environmental assessments of workload. The creation of an electronic survey and the support of a company that indirectly employs operators (State Forests) made it possible to reach a large group of surveyed people. The respondents indicated the occurrence of ailments typical of sedentary work at the researched workstation. These included mainly monotony, back pain and numbness in the upper limbs. Stress at work was felt by the majority of respondents; hence the analyses of mental stress, which also translates into other diseases, should indicate key responses to questions regarding comprehensive ergonomic assessments at the researched workstation.

Keywords: ergonomics; harvesting; mental workload; survey research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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