Changes of Anthropometric Characteristics of the Adult Population in Slovakia and their Influence on Material Sources and Work Safety

Mračková, Eva; Hitka, Miloš; Sedmák, Róbert

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“…Therefore, an analysis of injured body parts has to be carried out. According to many authors, the anthropometric parameters of the Slovak adult population have been increasing to date [29,30,31]. That is why the risk of workplace accidents in several forest operations has been affected as well.…”

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Trends in Workplace Injuries in Slovak Forest Enterprises

Gejdoš

Vlčková

Allmanová

et al. 2019

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The aim of the paper is to analyse the effect of key factors affecting the risk of workplace injuries and to identify the most common workplace accidents regarding injured body parts with respect to anthropometric data measurements of the population. Data associated with workplace accidents over the years 2000–2016 were drawn from the records of the state enterprise Forests of the Slovak Republic, situated in Banská Bystrica. Gathered data were processed and entered into the database complemented by the data on accidents of the self-employed working in the forestry industry. A total of 1874 workplace accidents in the state enterprise were recorded and statistically evaluated during the analysis period. A method for contingency table was used to analyse correlation between qualitative (categorical) variables in the dataset. A Poisson regression model was used to determine the injury rate. Forest harvesting is considered the most risky phase of the process of harvesting, processing, and transport. The highest number of workplace accidents (31.8% of all recorded workplace accidents) occurred during the forest harvesting phase during the analysis period. Timber skidding, with 16% of recorded accidents, was the second highest-risk phase. The workplace injury rate in the forest industry in Slovakia decreased over the course of the years 2000–2016. Head and facial injuries were those with the highest rate (67.1% injuries of these body parts) during the phase of harvesting and skidding.

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Trends in Workplace Injuries in Slovak Forest Enterprises

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Vlčková

Allmanová

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“…In the broader context, it is also necessary to consider anthropometric and ergonomic parameters of the individual vehicles as well as the workers. In this respect, one of the most important parameters are the dimension/ size of human feet, which showed the highest increase over the last 20 years [12].…”

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Optimization of Transport Logistics for Forest Biomass

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Gergeľ²,

Jeřábek³

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“…Therefore, data associated with proportions of selected sampling units have to be collected due to various reasons (e.g., lifestyle, eating and nutritional care, etc.) at a specific time [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. Secular trend can be understood as the growth of body proportions of consecutive generations comparing to former generations.…”

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Bed Size, Quality Sleep and Occupational Safety: An Investigation of Students at Slovak Universities

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Joscak²,

Lorincová³

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Occupational Health and Safety - A Multi-Regional Perspective

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All devices and equipment helping humans to do everyday things are adapted to human body proportions. Projects would not meet the needs of customers regardless their proportions. Therefore, anthropometric measurements are a key factor in manufacturing any products. Sampling unit consisted of Slovak adult population. Empirical measurements of selected attributes of actual population were conducted in the years 1993-2015. Sampling unit consisted of 3358 students. Gained data were processed and described using descriptive statistics. Results are based on calculations of arithmetic and weighted mean. Standard deviation, asymmetry coefficient, percentiles, standard error, symmetry, and pointing were used for further processing. Following the outcomes associated with the body dimensions of Slovak population, we can propose the dimensions of bedroom furniture corresponding to the dimensions of actual adult population. Bed dimensions must be 102 × 222 cm (95th percentile) to satisfy the needs of people, their comfort, and health. Therefore, testing must be focused on strength and structural properties of bed as well. Increase in dimensions can result in the increase in product price. Staff of the finance department must deal with this issue to prevent economic damage of the company.

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Changes of Anthropometric Characteristics of the Adult Population in Slovakia and their Influence on Material Sources and Work Safety

Cited by 7 publications

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Trends in Workplace Injuries in Slovak Forest Enterprises

Trends in Workplace Injuries in Slovak Forest Enterprises

Optimization of Transport Logistics for Forest Biomass

Bed Size, Quality Sleep and Occupational Safety: An Investigation of Students at Slovak Universities

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