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Magnitude of WBV Affecting the Tractor with a Timber Trailer Operator During Individual Timber Forwarding Operations

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The study deals with measuring operator’s whole-body vibrations (WBV) at work with the tractor with a timber trailer. The research was done directly at the workplace during the production stage of timber forwarding. The goal of the research was to find out how the magnitude of machine-generated WBV influencing the operator’s body is affected by individual activities and work operations of timber forwarding and whether the magnitudes differ during those operations. For the purpose, the process of timber forwarding was divided into seven partial operations. WBV were recorded in the individual partial operations according to the valid standard ISO 2631-1:ISO 1997. During the measurements, duration times of the respective partial operations were recorded. Research results showed a correlation between the respective work operations and the WBV magnitudes. The operator of the tractor with a timber trailer was exposed to different WBV values during almost the entire process of timber forwarding.

Source: South-east European forestry

DOI: 10.15177/seefor.25-01

Authors: David Sláma, Luboš Staněk, Václav Mergl

Institutions: Mendel University in Brno, Brno University of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces

Subfield: Occupational Therapy

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Mendelova Univerzita v Brně