Comparison of Anthropometric Parameters of Women and Men Agricultural Workers Pertaining to Tractor Operator Workspace
K. T. Arya
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Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Dr. NTR College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh, India.
C. Ramana
Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS), Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
B. Ravindra Reddy
Department Agricultural Engineering, SV Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Andhra Pradesh, India.
B. HariBabu
Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Dr. NTR College of Agricultural Engineering, Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh, India.
M. V. Ramana
Department Agricultural Engineering, SV Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Andhra Pradesh, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Women are equally capable of carrying all the works that the men can do at the agricultural field. But it is strange that they were not selected for operating agricultural machineries. Especially they were not well expert in tractor operation. So a study was conducted to analyse the anthropometric and strength parameters required for the tractor operator workspace design. The comparison of anthropometric data indicated that out of twenty seven anthropometric parameters except ten parameters via. Buttock Popliteal height, elbow rest height, wall to acromian, shoulder grip length, thigh clearance sitting, hip breadth sitting, grip diameter, grip span and span akimbo were having higher values for female workers than that of male workers.
Keywords: Anthropometry, constraints, tractor, women, workspace