Publication detail

Magnitude of WBV Affecting the Tractor with a Timber Trailer Operator During Individual Timber Forwarding Operations

SLÁMA, D. STANĚK, L. MERGL, V.

English title

Magnitude of WBV Affecting the Tractor with a Timber Trailer Operator During Individual Timber Forwarding Operations

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

en

Original abstract

The study deals with measuring operator's whole-body vibrations (WBV) at work with the tractor with a timber trailer. The research was done directly at the workplace during the production stage of timber forwarding. The goal of the research was to find out how the magnitude of machine-generated WBV influencing the operator's body is affected by individual activities and work operations of timber forwarding and whether the magnitudes differ during those operations. For the purpose, the process of timber forwarding was divided into seven partial operations. WBV were recorded in the individual partial operations according to the valid standard ISO 2631-1:ISO 1997. During the measurements, duration times of the respective partial operations were recorded. Research results showed a correlation between the respective work operations and the WBV magnitudes. The operator of the tractor with a timber trailer was exposed to different WBV values during almost the entire process of timber forwarding.

English abstract

The study deals with measuring operator's whole-body vibrations (WBV) at work with the tractor with a timber trailer. The research was done directly at the workplace during the production stage of timber forwarding. The goal of the research was to find out how the magnitude of machine-generated WBV influencing the operator's body is affected by individual activities and work operations of timber forwarding and whether the magnitudes differ during those operations. For the purpose, the process of timber forwarding was divided into seven partial operations. WBV were recorded in the individual partial operations according to the valid standard ISO 2631-1:ISO 1997. During the measurements, duration times of the respective partial operations were recorded. Research results showed a correlation between the respective work operations and the WBV magnitudes. The operator of the tractor with a timber trailer was exposed to different WBV values during almost the entire process of timber forwarding.

Keywords in English

whole-body; vibrations; tractor with a timber trailer; work safety; forwarder; cut to length technology

Released

03.04.2025

Publisher

Croatian Forest Research Institute

Location

Jastrebarsko

ISSN

1849-0891

Volume

16

Number

1

Pages from–to

43–51

Pages count

8

BIBTEX


@article{BUT198378,
  author="Václav {Mergl},
  title="Magnitude of WBV Affecting the Tractor with a Timber Trailer Operator During Individual Timber Forwarding Operations",
  year="2025",
  volume="16",
  number="1",
  month="April",
  pages="43--51",
  publisher=" Croatian Forest Research Institute",
  address="Jastrebarsko",
  issn="1849-0891"
}