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2003
Volume 6
Issue 1
Topic:
Forestry
ELECTRONIC
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Giefing D. , Grzywiński W. , Kosak J. 2003. PHYSICAL WORK LOAD OF WORKERS DURING PLANTING USING DIFFERENT TYPES OF DIBBLES, EJPAU 6(1), #02.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume6/issue1/forestry/abs-02.html

PHYSICAL WORK LOAD OF WORKERS DURING PLANTING USING DIFFERENT TYPES OF DIBBLES

Dieter Franciszek Giefing, Witold Grzywiński, Jacek Kosak

 

ABSTRACT



The aim of this research project was to compare physical work load of workers during planting of pine seedlings with the help of a dibble. The following three types of dibbles were compared: a standard IBL dibble used on light soils, a Getinga dibble and a Huffa (German) dibble. The authors measured energy expenditure and determined the magnitude of static effort and monotypic nature of operational movements of workmen planting seedlings using all the above-mentioned three types of dibbles.

Key words: pine regeneration, dibbles, ergonomics, physical load..