Analysis of thermal comfort for rural workers during tobacco harvesting in the Vale do Rio Pardo region
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https://doi.org/10.5902/2179460X40657Keywords:
Tobacco, Thermal comfort, Rural workersAbstract
Tobacco cultivation, besides being an important source of income for family farming, also translates into one of the most relevant in the state. Thus, the aim of the present study is to analyze the thermal comfort of rural workers during tobacco harvest, through the temperature and humidity index (UTI) calculated with meteorological data from the years 2017/2018 and 2018/2019, in the Vale region. from Rio Pardo. For this, information was first collected anonymously through a questionnaire answered by 80 rural producers from different municipalities in the region and later, a bioclimatic analysis was performed through the calculation and interpretation of the UTI. The results indicated that the tobacco harvest in the region is held from October to January, in the morning (07:00 to 11:00) and afternoon (14:00 to 19:00) shifts. Thermal comfort analysis showed that in the morning there is no heat stress (UTI <74), unlike the afternoon where UTI indicates thermal heat discomfort (from November to January), which is progressive over the period. (UTI increases from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm) and may be potentiated by the physical stress accumulated throughout the working day.
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