Influence of forest machine function on operator exposure to whole-body vibration in a cut-to-length timber harvester

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1145-1159

  Sherwin, Louis M ^a   Owende, P M O ^b   Kanali, C L ^a   Lyons, J ^c   Ward, S M ^a  

^a Forest Engineering Unit   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^c Irish Forestry Board Coillte ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Clear cutting tree form; Operator comfort and health; Operator performance

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; FORESTRY; HARVESTERS; HEALTH RISKS; TIMBER; VIBRATION CONTROL;

CUT-TO-LENGTH (CTL); FOREST MACHINE; TIMBER HARVESTER;

MACHINE TOOLS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OPERATOR; TREE; VIBRATION;

AIR PRESSURE; BIOMECHANICS; FORESTRY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TREES; VIBRATION;

EID: 4544220097     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130410001702141     Document Type: Article

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