Carro manual para el transporte de los racimos de platano durante la recoleccion de cosecha.

Abstract

Banana production is part of the highlights in the Gross Domestic Product of Colombia, where each of the pre- and post-harvest stages are essential to obtain the quality required for its commercialization, during the development of the investigation an important problem is identified that affects the human being. factor, ie; During the harvest season, the workers frequently transport and move the loaded banana bunches by hand or in other words; putting most of the weight on one shoulder, tolerating between 80 to 90 kilograms approximately, which represents an amount of 4 to 5 bunches loaded at the same time. For this reason, it is determined that the farmers/workers, when supporting these loads, present great physical fatigue and possible affectations in the lumbar area, being noticeable in the short or long term. The main objective of this project is to reduce the physical fatigue generated during the harvest activity; Based on bibliographic reviews, typological studies and research on other methods of loading agricultural crops, the solution proposal is reached, which is characterized by being a manual operation artifact from exerting pushing force by the worker. , this generates a radical change in the way of executing the activity, improving the quality of the work and increasing its performance.