Pesticide exposure and sprayer design: ergonomics evaluation to reduce pesticide exposure

Sonia Grimbuhler (1) , M. Lambert (1) , J. Nelson (2) , J. Richardson (1)

1 UR TSAN - Technologies pour la sécurité et les performances des agroéquipements
2 LCPI - Laboratoire Conception de Produits et Innovation

Plant protection products are used in agriculture to improve yields, but this use can cause contamination of the environment and is also likely to have adverse short and long term effects on agricultural workers. This poster describes a systems approach to reducing the risk of operator exposure to plant protection products through the introduction of ergonomics to the design process of large agricultural sprayers.

Mots clés: PESTICIDE; PULVERISATEUR; EVALUATION; ERGONOMIE; EQUIPEMENT; PREVENTION; CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGOTOXICOLOGY

Domaines: Sciences de l'environnement

Sonia Grimbuhler, M. Lambert, J. Nelson, J. Richardson. Pesticide exposure and sprayer design: ergonomics evaluation to reduce pesticide exposure. WORK-A JOURNAL OF PREVENTION ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION, 2012, 41, p. 5398 - p. 5399. ⟨hal-01059842⟩