ABSTRACT

Initially, an exhaustive characterization of tasks associated with the “Riveting machine” was performed, as well as a characterization of its workers.

1 INTRODUCTION

The incidence of WRMSD in Europe is growing and making them one of the most important causes of absenteeism due to long term illness (Esteves, 2013). Currently, with constant changes and developments on work, industries are using cutting edge technology and sequential work that requires workers to perform small movements at high frequencies, which can produce an overreaction on upper limbs muscles recruited and a static overload on the shoulders and spine. This situation leads to the development of WRMSD which are getting even more often and raising more concern (Fernandes, Moreira, & Tavares, 2011).