BODY POSTURE VARIATION DURING MACHINE MILKING REGARDING DIFFERENT ERGONOMIC SETTINGS
Workers in modern German milking parlours - especially women - were found to be overrepresented in those suffering from musculoskeletal disorders (MSD). The number of cases was compared to the whole employed population. The objective of this study was therefore to assess the effects of workstation geometry on female milking parlour operatives. Motion analysis in combination with EMG data recording was applied to evaluate three different working heights and two weights of milking units. Results showed that especially the weight of the milking unit strongly influenced the workload. The optimal working height for attaching the cluster was found to have the teat ends at shoulder level of the parlour operative.
Martina Jakob Falk Liebers Sylvia Behrendt
Leibniz - Institut für Agrartechnik Bornim e.V.Max-Eyth-Allee 100 / 14469 Potsdam, Ph.: 0331-5699624 Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin / BerlinN(o)ldnerstraβ40-42, 10317 Berlin
国际会议
17th World Congress on Ergonomics(第十七届国际人类工效学大会)
北京
英文
1-4
2009-08-09（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）