Pesticide exposure and sprayer design: ergonomics evaluation to reduce pesticide exposure.
Plant protection products are used in agriculture to improve yields, but this use can cause contamination of the environment and is also likely to have adverse short and long term effects on agricultural workers. This poster describes a systems approach to reducing the risk of operator exposure to plant protection products through the introduction of ergonomics to the design process of large agricultural sprayers.
Cemagref : Unité de recherché - technologies pour sécurité et performances des agroéquipements, 1 rue Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, CS 10030 92761, Antony Cedex, France.
Sonia
S
Grimbuhler
Mandy
M
Lambert
Julien
J
Nelson
James
J
Richardson
D000383:Agriculture / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006804:Ergonomics; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010575:Pesticides / Q000633:toxicity*
D010575:Pesticides