Risk assessment for musculoskeletal disorders in forestry: A comparison between RULA and REBA in the manual feeding of a wood-chipper

M Micheletti Cremasco, A Giustetto, F Caffaro… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The analysis of the postural attitude of workers during the interaction with workstation's
elements and working environment is essential in the evaluation and prevention of …

Role of contributing factors on health risks of whole-body vibration exposure of heavy equipment and vehicle operators: a critical review

KJ Singh, SK Palei… - Journal of Vibration and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Whole-body vibration (WBV) is a recognized health hazard that primarily affects the
musculoskeletal system of human beings. Although research works on WBV are …

Internet of agriculture: Analyzing and predicting tractor ride comfort through supervised machine learning

A Singh, N Nawayseh, H Singh, YK Dhabi… - … Applications of Artificial …, 2023 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to improve ride comfort among tractor drivers by utilizing Internet of
Things (IoT) technology and Machine Learning (ML) techniques to analyze and predict …

[HTML][HTML] A Comprehensive Review of Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering for Enhancing Comfort and Efficiency in Transport Systems

P Blaga, BM Cășeriu, B Bucur, C Veres - Systems, 2025 - mdpi.com
This research provides an integrated perspective on the application of ergonomics and
human factors engineering (HFE) to enhance comfort and efficiency in military transport …

Transport and mining machinery cabins' ergonomic evaluation as a path to its redesign

V Spasojević Brkić, I Mihajlović, A Brkić… - International Journal …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Transport and mining machinery cabins are still not well adapted to their users, while
checklists for their evaluation are not common in the literature. This article proposes a new …

Study on vibration characteristics and human riding comfort of a special equipment cab

W Ren, B Peng, J Shen, Y Li, Y Yu - Journal of Sensors, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Special equipment drivers often suffered from vibration which threatened their physical and
mental health. In order to study the riding comfort of a special equipment cab, a hammering …

Subjective discomfort model of the micro commercial vehicle vibration over different road conditions

YU Huang, D Li - Applied Acoustics, 2019 - Elsevier
Vibration is a main environmental stress in vehicles. The discomfort caused by vibration may
differ in different vehicles and road conditions. This laboratory study investigated the …

[HTML][HTML] Decision Support System for Mining Machinery Risk Mitigation Driven by Ergonomics and Contextual Theory

M Misita, A Brkić, I Mihajlović, G Đurić, N Stanojević… - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Despite being very old, the mining industry continues to be one of the major sources of
pollution, with more people killed or injured than in all other industries. Prevention of …

Warning against critical slopes in agriculture: Comprehension of targeted safety signs in a group of machinery operators in Italy

L Vigoroso, F Caffaro, E Cavallo - International journal of environmental …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Steep slopes are the main cause of rollover incidents in agriculture. Targeted safety signs
have been developed to warn machinery operators against risky slopes. However …

Measurement Time in the Evaluation of Whole-Body Vibration: The Case of Mechanized Wood Extraction with Grapple Skidder

RCA Lima, LJ Minette, D Simões, QS Rocha… - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
The grapple skidder is a self-propelled forestry machine that is used for the extraction of
trees in wood harvesting—commonly used in full tree systems. Moving this machine can …