Análise ergonômica do posto de trabalho do mecânico automotivo

Abstract

Throughout human history the ergonomics has been developed with the objective of providing comfort to the activities developed by human. With the modernization of employment, came the need to develop studies to neutralize or minimize the negative impacts to the health and wellbeing of the worker. To contribute to this, this study had as the main objective, to perform an ergonomic analysis for the work of the professionals who are automotive mechanics and makes the maintenance into the vehicles in a concessionary located in Curitiba City- PR, using the OWAS method, with the assistance of the software Ergolândia 3.0. This Activity requires of the mechanics a not adequate posture, because they work all the time on foot and the arms raised above the shoulder line. Applied a questionnaire to the mechanics, concludes that the ergonomic demand is of the biomechanical order, in other words, the complaint of shoulder pain has been registered as 33% of the interviewees, neck pain as the 26%, backache as the 13%. It was found by the analysis of the results, that the activity of change oil and filters, done by the mechanics do not show serious ergonomics risks, but, the posture of the back and the arms, classified as category 3, according to the OWAS method, it was placed as a posture that needs some care but in a short time.