✦ LIBER ✦
Trencher operator seating positions A simple ergonomic assessment of two styles of layout
✍ Scribed by R.B. Brennan
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 814 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-6870
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✦ Synopsis
A comparison of two different styles of operator position in a trencher were compared using biomechanical principles and a field survey. A major postural difference between the two styles is the amount of time spent by the operators looking to the rear of their seated position. This was confirmed by a simple experiment. The style of position used in the skid steer type of trencher, facing the working tool, was found to be significantly better than the traditional fore-aft tractor style configuration.