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Risk Assessment of Upper Limb Musculoskeletal Disorders in a Poultry Slaughterhouse

Authors : Diogo Cunha dos Reis, Adriana Seára Tirloni, Antônio Renato Pereira Moro

Published in: Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This paper aimed to assess the risks related to upper limbs repetitive movements in work tasks in a poultry slaughterhouse. The study was carried out in a poultry abattoir in which 180,000 chickens were slaughtered daily, with 2,000 workers distributed in three shifts. To evaluate the risks related to upper limbs repetitive movements, 10% of the workers were evaluated using the OCRA checklist. The workers performed 79.8 ± 21.7 technical actions per minute (10 points on the OCRA checklist). The overall mean OCRA checklist score was 18.9 ± 4.2 (medium risk). The right upper limb score (18.5 ± 4.5 - medium risk) was not significantly different (p = 0.128) from the left upper limb (17.8 ± 4.5 - medium risk). Among the 35 tasks analyzed, two were classified as high risk (6%) and 33 presented medium risk (94%).

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Title
Risk Assessment of Upper Limb Musculoskeletal Disorders in a Poultry Slaughterhouse
Authors
Diogo Cunha dos Reis
Adriana Seára Tirloni
Antônio Renato Pereira Moro
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-20496-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-20497-6

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20497-6_24