Key result
Slaughterhouse work is linked to heavy physical exertion and peak cardiovascular loads reaching ~24%.
Why the study?
High physical overload during the workday and workplace conditions can generate health losses in workers, necessitating tools to identify physical load such as heart rate analysis.
Observational
Slaughterhouse workers experience moderately heavy to heavy physical workloads with elevated heart rates by the end of the workday.
May warrant HR monitoring in high-physical-demand jobs; hypothesis-generating and requires larger prospective confirmation.
High physical overload during the workday and some conditions present in the workplace can generate several losses in the worker’s health. The use of tools capable of identifying physical load (PL), such as heart rate (HR) analysis, is essential. The aim of the study was to evaluate the physical load and heart rate behavior of workers in the slaughterhouse. The cardiovascular load reached by two individuals was 12% and 24%. In relation to the PL rating, they fit as moderately heavy to heavy work. The HR, was higher at the end of the work when compared to the beginning. Furthermore, it was pointed out that the temperature, noise, and body mass index were above normality values. The physical workload was classified as moderately heavy to heavy. The limit HR was reached in some moments of the work by one of the workers and two of them reached higher HR values at the end of the work.
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Santos et al. (2023) conducted an observational in Physical load. Slaughterhouse work was evaluated on Physical load and heart rate behavior. Slaughterhouse work was classified as moderately heavy to heavy physical load, with cardiovascular loads reaching 12% and 24% and heart rates increasing by the end of the workday.
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