The objective of this work was to carry out the survey of anthropometric variables of furniture industry workers, from the Ubá industrial furniture pole in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in order to check the adequacy of the workplaces to anthropometric characteristics of workers. The evaluated population consisted of 148 workers who were directly involved on the furniture manufacturing. Anthropometric data were obtained through direct measurement of the workers in the standing position, and analyzed by percentile calculations. The data variability coefficients indicate a uniform distribution of the values obtained, except for de maximum holding diameter that presented a medium dispersion distribution. The height of evaluated workbenches were on average 15.6cm below the recommended in most work places, yet in the painting and packaging lines these heights were on average 28.7cm and 24.0cm above the recommended respectively. It was found that the anthropometric data studied had uniform distribution for almost all variables, and all the work place heights were outside of recommended limits for the 95% percentile, forcing the workers into inappropriate postures. For the control panels in the painting lines, the mean height found was 175.0cm, with 9.0cm above the 95%percentil (166.0cm), for the variable eye height which determines the line of sight to the control panel.
ergonomics; anthropometrics; furniture industrial pole
