- Title
- Reducing the energy cost of dragging sheep during sheep shearing
- Creator
- Payne, Warren; Culvenor, John; Lawrance, Michael; Harvey, Jack; Cowley, Stephen; Stuart, David; Williams, Robyn
- Date
- 2002
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/68358
- Identifier
- vital:697
- Identifier
- ISSN:0815-6409
- Abstract
- The task of dragging sheep into position for shearing has been reported by shearers as the most physically demanding and one of the highest injury risk aspects of shearing, particularly with regard to back injury. This study aimed to identify which of the currently used drag paths induced the lowest energy consumption and risk of injury. The drag path with the lowest work economy (oxygen cost per sheep dragged per minute) and highest injury risk is used by left-handed shearers who are shearing from a workstation which is designed for right-handed shearers. Importantly, there were no significant differences in the work economy of the two drag paths which were used most frequently and which involved the lowest injury risk. These data have been used in advocating the adoption of simple shearing shed design solutions to assist in the control of injury risk and energy expenditure in the wool industry.
- Publisher
- CCH Australia Ltd.
- Relation
- Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand Vol. 18, no. 2 (2002), p. 173-179
- Rights
- Copyright CCH Australia Ltd.
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1117 Public Health and Health Services; Back injuries and prevention; Energy expenditure; Sheep drag paths; Sheep shearing
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