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

Abstract

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. © 2012 - IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved.