The risk of musculoskeletal disorders for workers due to repetitive movements during tomato harvesting

Tomatoes are the most common crop in Italy. The production cycle requires operations in the field and factory that can cause musculoskeletal disorders due to the repetitive movements of the upper limbs of the workers employed in the sorting phase. This research aims to evaluate these risks using the OCRA (occupational repetitive actions) index method This method is based firstly on the calculation of a maximum number of recommended actions, related to the way the operation is performed, and secondly on a comparison of the number of actions effectively carried out by the upper limb with the recommended calculated value. The results of the risk evaluation for workers who manually sort tomatoes during harvest showed a risk for the workers, with an exposure index greater than 20; the OCRA index defines an index higher than 3.5 as unacceptable. The present trend of replacing manual sorting onboard a vehicle with optical sorters seems to be appropriate to reduce the risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) and is supported from both a financial point of view and as a quality control measure.

The role of agrarian reform in Latin American progress /

Text taken from a speech by James R. Fowler, delivered at St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia, Pa. on April 25, 1968.

Aberdeen-Angus cattle, a brief history of their origin in Scotland and development in America.

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A study of the proved sires of the Brown Swiss breed, 1935-1948.

Processed.

Pollution of interstate waters: Missouri River; transcript of hearing.

Contents. --v. 1. [Hearing at] Sioux City, Iowa, March 23-24, 1959.-- v. 2. [Hearing at] St. Joseph, Missouri, July 27-30, 1959.

The Catholic church and the American Negro;

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Farm engineering, the principles and practice of engineering as applied to agriculture.

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The Fruit grower and farmer.

Title from cover.

Fruit grower

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Transactions.

Vol. 6- are 6th- Annual report.

The Western fruit-grower.

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Vistas of Hawaii, "the Paradise of the Pacific and Inferno of the world."

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Scriptural holiness, with appendix,

"Appendix: containing an examination of some of the principal positions and passages of Dr. Carradine, a leading exponent of the 'second blessing' doctrine": p. [80]-109.

Rackham Blg. [Building] construction

Clear view of building and northward. Old St. Joseph hospital visible mid background. No. 13 of chronological series of construction photographs, numbered 1 to 32. Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, architects. W.B. Wood Co., construction