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Ergonomic Evaluation of Mobile Work Platform Technology in Washington State Orchards Kit Galvin, Peter Johnson, Patrik Renyll, Richard A. Fenske 2011 National.

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1 Ergonomic Evaluation of Mobile Work Platform Technology in Washington State Orchards Kit Galvin, Peter Johnson, Patrik Renyll, Richard A. Fenske 2011 National Symposium on Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Health & Safety 29 June 2011 Boise, ID

2  Cooperating orchards  Agricultural workers  Research team Maria Tchong-French Maria Negrete Pablo Palmández Anna Fretheim Contributers

3 Northwest Tree Fruit Industry  Activities require: high level of manual labor use of ladders  Labor is the greatest production cost

4 Northwest Tree Fruit Industry  Technology Roadmap decrease production costs increase orchard productivity  Major changes in tree fruit production orchard architecture assistive technologies  Minimize the health and safety impact Photo of fruiting wall

5 Goals Evaluate ergonomic stressors  Tasks pruning green fruit thinning  Equipment ladders self-propelled mobile platforms Recommendations for best practices

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8 Pruning

9 Green Fruit Thinning

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12 Exertion Heart rate Borg RPE

13 Example: pruner HR Time Heart Rate bpm

14 Upper Body Borg Crt10 scale Inclinometer

15 Next Steps  Complete data analysis  Validate Borg RPE and Borg CRT10 for hispanic men and women  Evaluate vacuum harvesting platform


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