Open AccessAnalysis of the workload imposed on the workers of the imprint and cutting/welding sectors of a flexible packaging manufacturer
Author(s) -
Lia Buarque de Macedo Guimarães,
Sérgio Luiz Ribas Pessa,
C. Biguelini
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1875-9270
pISSN - 1051-9815
DOI - 10.3233/wor-2012-0366-1647
Subject(s) - workload , evening , welding , schedule , work (physics) , morning , computer science , operations management , business , engineering , mechanical engineering , medicine , physics , astronomy , operating system
This article presents a study on the evaluation of the workload imposed to workers of two sectors of a flexible packaging manufacturer that operates in three shifts. The workers are allocated in one of the shifts (morning, evening and night shifts) without evaluation of their chronotype and/or social needs. The Imprint sector has a more dynamic work, which is done only by man due to the effort demanded by handling loads. The work in the Cutting/Welding sector is static, done mainly by women. The results showed that the overall workload was the same in the Imprint and Cutting/Welding sectors, because physical effort for load handling is higher in the former but the latter involves high static load. The levels of urinary catecholamines and salivary cortisol were consistent with the workers biological clock showing that none of the workers changed his/her biological cycle to accommodate to the time of the shift schedule.