Pictures had been taken of the population during one period of assistance, while they
developed their activities. The sample method was based on images taken every 30
seconds, being 118 pictures of activities. The posture that most happened during the
activity were chosen to the analysis, making a total of 39 work postures. The data from the
REBA and RULA analysis was treated by a descriptive statistics using Excel 7.0 program.
The REBA (Rapid Entire Body Assessment) method does a fast evaluation of the whole
body. While, the RULA (Rapid Upper Limb Assessment) method makes a fast evaluation
of upper body members constraints. Both methods, through a software, present postures
categorizations, having as an analysis result scores that represents the work's risks and
indicate possible actions to avoid or minimize the risks (Tables 1 and 2)