Occupational Safety, Health and Living Conditions of Forestry Workers in Indonesia

Gandaseca, Seca; Yoshimura, Tetsuhiko

doi:10.1007/bf02762469

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“…These results correspond with our results, the majority of participants stated they work longer than the standard eight hour shift. Gandaseca & Yoshimura (2001) state that 73% of the workers in forest harvesting in Turkey does not wear the prescribed PPE, and the remaining 27% uses protective gloves, boots, glasses, and hearing protectors. On the other hand, Enez et al (2014) found in his study that 54% of workers in forest harvesting in Turkey uses gloves, 9% uses boots, and 2% uses helmet.…”

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Is cable yarding a dangerous occupation? A Survey from the public and private sector

Allman

Allmanová

Martin

2018

Central European Forestry Journal

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Cable yarding is a physically demanding and dangerous occupation in forest harvesting. Currently, the technology is gaining interest due to its low environmental impacts compared to the ground based technologies. This paper was focused on comparing the subjective opinions regarding occupational safety and work environment with objective findings found in the literature. We used a questionnaire with 33 questions, divided into three main parts: (i) personal traits of the participants; (ii) occupation description; and (iii) the occupational risks identified the participants. The sample consisted of 92 workers who operated cable yarders from both the public and the private sector. Our survey showed that 90% of public and 75% of private sector employees view their work as physically very demanding. Regarding risky behaviour, 50% of public, and 54% of private employees stated they risked only when the circumstances forced them to. However, more than 41% of public and 50% of private employees stated they suffered an occupational accident in the last ten years of working with this technology. Considering the workers worked in unstable climatic conditions, on unstable terrain, and the work environment presents other hazards, such as the loads, sharp tools and equipment, this result was not surprising.

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Is cable yarding a dangerous occupation? A Survey from the public and private sector

Allman

Allmanová

Martin

2018

Central European Forestry Journal

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“…This underlines the importance of binding professionally trained workers through reasonable base salaries complimented by performance based incentives and offering personal career perspectives [50,51]. The human resource is one of the key capitals of a contractor utilizing advanced technology [52].…”

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Analyzing the Efficiency of a Start-Up Cable Yarding Crew in Southern China under New Forest Management Perspectives

Hoffmann

Jaeger

Lingenfelder

et al. 2016

Forests

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This case study analyzed the performance of a start-up cable yarding crew in southern China through operational monitoring by consecutive time studies, long-term log book recordings and efficiency evaluation by stochastic frontier analysis (SFA). The crew, which used a KOLLER K303 H mobile tower yarder, was monitored for two years. During this period, detailed data recordings of 687 yarding cycles of 12 yarding corridors as well as log book recordings of an additional 1122 scheduled system hours (SSH, including all delays) were generated. Mean extraction productivity of the system ranged between 5.23 and 6.40 m 3 per productive system hour (PSH 0 , excluding all delays), mostly depending on slope yarding distance and lateral distance. Corresponding gross-productivity ranged from 1.91 to 2.24 m 3 /SSH, with an overall mean machine utilization rate of 31%. Unproductive yarding times and delays associated with the relative low utilization rate were mainly caused by lengthy rigging processes, as well as organizational deficiencies and not yet fully developed skill sets of the operating crew. The latter was reflected in a mean efficiency effect frontier value of 0.62 based on evaluation of data sets of individual yarding cycles recorded during detailed assessments, suggesting a mean improvement potential of 38% based on the SFA, translating in a potentially achievable gross-productivity of 2.64 to 3.09 m 3 /SSH. We conclude that current local operating conditions including insufficient planning, implementation and logistics and in particular, frequent discontinuations of system operations of up to three months all resulting in generally low operation hours per shift and per year, inhibit efficient operations and rapid skill development. These circumstances also inhibit an economic utilization of the equipment. Nevertheless, from a technical perspective, yarding systems have a promising potential in southern China.

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“…Consumption of alcohol should be strictly forbidden. Gandaseca and Yoshimura (2001) pointed out that in Indonesia, living conditions of forestry workers are quite unfavorable. Balimunsi et al (2011), after a study carried out in Uganda, concluded that working and living conditions in private companies were poor.…”

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Ergonomics and Labor in Forestry

Apud

Meyer

Espinoza

et al. 2014

Tropical Forestry Handbook

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For many years there has been concern about the social and working conditions of forestry workers in tropical countries, because their tasks are considered to be heavy work. There are two major aspects of forestry work in relation to which ergonomics can make important contributions. One of them concerns problems of adaptation to heavy manual labour. In these tasks, men using simple tools provide the most important part of the energy required to carry out given tasks. This can be quite critical, particularly when other factors are added, such as environmental heat. An alternative is represented by mechanized work, where human energy is replaced by machines. The workers become progressively more sedentary, limiting their activities to perceive and interpret information and to execute their decisions with actions that demand little muscular effort, but that require high participation by their mental processes. This corresponds to the direct relationship between the worker and the job. However, forestry work is performed in physical places where human beings can suffer the effects of heat, cold, noise, mechanical vibrations, and other factors. Furthermore, the psychosocial environment cannot be ignored. Problems may arise when workers have to stay in camps, not by choice but by necessity of the service they provide. In these cases, the camps become temporary homes, where workers have to stay for varying periods of time and where they have few options to choose their food, recreation and times for sleep. Facilities that promote hygiene, privacy and tranquillity are minimum basic conditions for a worker to recover and to start their next period of work in good physical and mental condition. In short, ergonomics provides an integrative approach to the analysis and solution of the problems that affect workers in their workplaces. Ergonomics has a constructive character that is essential for the incorporation of technologies for sustainable work. All these topics are analysed in this chapter.

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Occupational Safety, Health and Living Conditions of Forestry Workers in Indonesia

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Is cable yarding a dangerous occupation? A Survey from the public and private sector

Is cable yarding a dangerous occupation? A Survey from the public and private sector

Analyzing the Efficiency of a Start-Up Cable Yarding Crew in Southern China under New Forest Management Perspectives

Ergonomics and Labor in Forestry

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