Human, technology, organization and environment–a human factors perspective on performance in forest harvesting

C Häggström, O Lindroos - International Journal of Forest …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, concern has been raised that the trend of continuous productivity
improvements of forest harvesting has stagnated and even declined in the Nordics. This …

The effect of tree and harvester size on productivity and harvester investment decisions

SA Ackerman, B Talbot, R Astrup - International Journal of Forest …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Long-term machine-derived data sets comprising 140,000 trees were collected from four
harvesters of equal age and similar working conditions, into two machine size classes, viz …

[图书][B] Operator work-related musculoskeletal discomfort during forwarding operations in South Africa: An ergonomic assessment

KC Phairah - 2014 - search.proquest.com
Forest machine operators are still experiencing work-related musculoskeletal disorders
(WMSDs) despite extensive mechanisation and modernisation of harvesting systems …