APLICABILIDADE DO INSTRUMENTO ERGONOMIC CHECKPOINTS IN AGRICULTURE NO SETOR FLORESTAL: ESTUDO DE CASO COM MOTORISTAS DO TRANSPORTE DE MADEIRA EM UM MUNICÍPIO DO INTERIOR DO PARANÁ

Abstract

Timber transport is one of the most widely used modes of transport in Brazil, being of great importance for the developing economy. The truck driver who transports this wood has a fundamental role in the production dynamics, and his health and safety must be considered in all areas of logistics. The forestry sector stands out in the country for the generation of jobs and for regional development, but the number of studies on specific ergonomics for this work and for these workers is still scarce. When using the Ergonomic Checkpoints in Agriculture instrument, one seeks to know and observe the work environment and its conditions. When qualitatively describing the instrument's actions, other points were observed: for a better consistency of the results, it is of great value that the suggested action proposed by the present work be carried out, in the format of training workshops, since there was no time to perform it. It within the present master's work. It can also be highlighted that a future work based on the validation and analysis of the reliability of the instrument will be important because it can be used more universally in other populations that operate in the same segment, it was not possible to validate the instrument in the forest sector by lack of available population. In order to consolidate the results of this research, it is essential to develop more qualitative and quantitative studies within this theme, improving methodological and descriptive issues, being able to carry out a practical intervention with this same population in a greater number of participants and functionalities in a future work.