Biomechanical strain of goldsmiths.

The work of the goldsmiths consists in the manufacture of jewelry. The piece, be it an earring, bracelet or necklace, is hand-assembled. This task requires precision, skill, kindness and patience. In this work, we make use of tools such as cuticle clippers and rounded tip, beads or precious stones a...

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Publicado en:Work Vol. 41; pp. 2506 - 2510
Autores principales: Soares, Marcelo M., Jacobs, Karen, Cândido, Paula Emanuela Fernandes, Teixeira, Juliana Vieira Schmidt, Moro, Antônio Renato Pereira, Gontijo, Leila Amaral
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. 2012 Supplement
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          Jacobs, Karen
          Cândido, Paula Emanuela Fernandes
          Teixeira, Juliana Vieira Schmidt
          Moro, Antônio Renato Pereira
          Gontijo, Leila Amaral
        affil: Federal University of Santa Catarina. Technological Center. Department of Production Engineering and Systems. Coordination of the Post-Graduate Program in Production Engineering. Post Office Box 476 ZIP: 88040-900. Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
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          Jewelry
          Industry
          Ergonomics
          Stress, Physiological Etiology
          Biomechanics
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Occupational-Related Injuries
          Cumulative Trauma Disorders
          Gold
          Human
          Photography
          Brazil
          Wrist Injuries
          Hand Injuries
      ab: The work of the goldsmiths consists in the manufacture of jewelry. The piece, be it an earring, bracelet or necklace, is hand-assembled. This task requires precision, skill, kindness and patience. In this work, we make use of tools such as cuticle clippers and rounded tip, beads or precious stones and also pieces of metal. This type of activity requires a biomechanical stress of hands and wrists. In order to quantify the biomechanical stress, we performed a case study to measure the movements performed by an assembly of pieces of jewelry. As method for research, filming was done during assembly of parts to a paste, using a Nikon digital camera, for 1 (one) hour. The film was edited by Kinovea software, and the task was divided into cycles, each cycle corresponds to a complete object. In one cycle, there are four two movements of supination and pronation movements of the forearm. The cycle lasts approximately sixteen seconds, totaling 1800 cycles in eight hours. Despite the effort required of the wrists, the activity shows no complaints from the employees, but this fact does not mischaracterizes the ability of employees to acquire repetitive strain injuries and work-related musculoskeletal disorders.
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