Work organization and psychosocial factors have been suggested as responsible for cases of LER/DORT, and these factors related with the activity of forest machine operators. Therefore, the present study aimed to assess and describe the risk factors linked to these aspects. The research included a variation on the system of short log harvesting (cut-to-length). The system used was harvester and forwarder. The study population consisted of harvesting machine operators from a forest-based company. For the description of work organization aspects, in situ observations were performed, aiming to understand and describe the day-to-day work, i.e., the behavior of the workers on the job. A questionnaire was designed and developed specifically for the study. At the end of the study we concluded that the work could have different impacts on workers exposed to the same working conditions, which can be explained by psychosocial and organizational factors.
Work Organization; Psychosocial Factors; LER; Machine Operators
