Operators of gasoline brush cutters perform their activities in a hostile environment that almost always leads to different types of musculoskeletal disorders. The present study aimed to investigate possible incidences of pain / discomfort in the activity of a gasoline brush cutter operator. For the evidence of probable complaints the Nordic questionnaire was applied and the monitoring of the grass cutting...
Motorized manual equipment is increasingly present in everyday tasks. Projects that are not focused on ergonomic attributes plus the misuse of those tools can lead to musculoskeletal disorders. The present study carried out an analysis of the incidence of discomfort caused by harnesses in activities with gasoline brush cutters. Through a field survey, 10 potential users performed the mowing activity by experime...