Avaliação das posturas adotadas em operações florestais em áreas declivosas

The purpose of this research was to evaluate the factors that intervene and alter the biomechanical models adequate posture during the stage of implantation and forest maintenance, in order to suggest the adoption of the correct posture during the execution of forest operations. The research was carried out in farms in the south of the State of the Espirito Santo, Brazil, where there is a predominance of declivous relief. The postures were analyzed in each stage of the implantation (semi-mechanized mowing, manual and semi-mechanized tillage, fertilization and planting) and of the forest maintenance (crown, fertilization, manual and semi-mechanized pruning). The data were obtained using video filming and were analyzed using the OWAS method of analysis of positions in the work, generating standard postures. Based on the results, it was concluded that the postures adopted in the operations of crown, manual and mechanized tillage, mechanical mowing, and manual pruning were considered critical and need corrections in a near future.