scholarly journals Working posture analysis of construction workers using ergonomics.

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Anagha ◽  
Annie Sonia Xavier
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Entire Body ◽  
Posture Analysis ◽  
High Risk Factor ◽  
Construction Tasks ◽  
External Stresses ◽  
Postural Analysis ◽  
Rapid Entire Body Assessment

Ergonomics integrates knowledge from the human sciences to match jobs, systems, products, and environments to the physical and mental abilities and limitations of people. Most of the injuries, stresses and strains in construction industry occur due to over-exertion and repetitive work actions. Postural analysis can be a powerful technique for assessing work activities. Use of ergonomic principles reduces fatigue experienced by the human body in various tasks. Ergonomics deals with the study of internal and external stresses acting on the human body. The aim of this study is to assess the level of ergonomics in various tasks in the construction industry .The study also aims to find the level of musculoskeletal disorders in workers and suggest corrective measures for every task having high risk factor. The study is conducted by using the Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) tool of Ergofellow software, to assess the posture of workers in various construction tasks. Fatigue analysis is done by this method, which provides a scoring system for muscle activity caused by static, dynamic, rapid changing or unstable postures. Keywords: Ergonomics, REBA, Musculoskeletal Disorders.

scholarly journals Determination of Risk Factors for Musculoskeletal Disorders and Corrective Priorities to Perform the Work in Dental Careers by Posture Analysis Using REBA in Shahrekord

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 92-95
Author(s):  
Zabih Allah Kahyani ◽  
Mehrdad Karimi ◽  
Masoud Amiri ◽  
Soheila Mosharraf ◽  
Hojjat Rouhi Broujeni
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Incidence Rates ◽  
P Value ◽  
Entire Body ◽  
Posture Analysis ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Applied Study ◽  
Rapid Entire Body Assessment

Background and aims: Nowadays, work-related musculoskeletal disorders are the most common occupational diseases. The prevention of these disorders requires a posture analysis during work and the improvement of working conditions. The purpose of this study was to determine risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders and corrective priorities to perform the work by conducting postures analysis using Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA). Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, the posture of dentists during working was analyzed using the REBA software. The incidence rate of musculoskeletal disorders was investigated by the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ). A P value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: In this applied study, the incidence rates of the pain in neck, waist, shoulders, and wrists were reported to be 68%, 55%, 41% and 28%, respectively. The above-mentioned values were higher in women than in men. The pain in thigh and leg was related to work and the pain in ankle and sole was related to body mass index (BMI). The relationship between musculoskeletal disorders and occupational postures of dentists was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion: Training the principles of ergonomics and anthropometrics, the correct methods and principles of performing work, and the ways of using the instruments are necessary for the studied population. Occupational postures require ergonomic intervention and correction.

scholarly journals New Challenges Regarding the Intervention of Musculoskeletal Risk in Truck Service Garages

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
Coral Oliver Hernández ◽  
Shimeng Li ◽  
María José Aguado Benedí ◽  
Inmaculada Mateo Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Initial Assessment ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Entire Body ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Postural Load ◽  
Rapid Entire Body Assessment ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Postural Training

Background: The automotive industry is heavily affected by sick leaves caused by the handling of loads and using postures that produce musculoskeletal disorders. Research is needed to analyse their causes and find possible solutions to eliminate or mitigate these risks. Objective: Our objective was to analyse the level of musculoskeletal risk in the different work tasks performed by truck and bus mechanics. Our intention is also to analyse whether postural training and feedback can help reduce risk. Methods: The rapid entire body assessment (REBA) was used to assess the postures performed by 35 mechanics from eight branches throughout Spain. The participants were subsequently divided randomly into two groups (experimental group and control group). The experimental group (EG) was given training and feedback on their postures and the control group (CG) was not offered any type of intervention. A few months after the initial assessment, their postural load in the usual tasks was re-evaluated. Results: An overall average REBA Score: 10.49 ± 1.33. The main risk was found in the trunk and arms with sustained above-the-head postures. EG’s second results are significantly improved compared to the first (p = 0.026 *). Conclusions: These jobs have a high-risk level of musculoskeletal disorders. The course of action presented with postural training and feedback has shown satisfactory results. Nevertheless, given the size of the sample, further research will be needed to delve deeper into this possibility as a future line of intervention.

scholarly journals Relationship Between Nutritional Status, Years Of Service, And Work Attitudes With Musculoskeletal Disorders In Tailors At West Java

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Gurdani Yogisutanti ◽  
Nuryanti Irawati ◽  
Neti Sitorus
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Work Attitudes ◽  
Entire Body ◽  
West Java ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Body Map ◽  
Years Of Service ◽  
Rapid Entire Body Assessment

Latar Belakang: Gangguan muskuloskeletal banyak dikeluhkan oleh penjahit yang bekerja di perusahaan dengan lama bekerja yang berkisar antara 6-8 jam per hari dan posisi statis. Tujuan: Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk menganalisis hubungan status gizi, masa kerja, dan sikap kerja dengan gangguan muskuloskeletal pada penjahit yang bekerja di suatu perusahaan di Kota Bandung. Metode: Metode penelitian menggunakan pendekatan cross sectional, melibatkan 30 orang penjahit sebagai responden yang diambil secara total sampling. Pengukuran status gizi dengan bantuan timbangan berat badan dan microtoise, untuk sikap kerja diukur menggunakan Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) dan gangguan muskuloskeletal menggunakan Nordic Body Map (NBM). Hasil: Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa sebagian besar responden mengeluhkan gangguan muskuloskeletal, sikap kerja yang berisiko dan status gizi dalam kategori gemuk. Responden yang mengalami keluhan muskuloskeletal dengan masa kerja kurang dari 5 tahun. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa keluhan  muskuloskeletal berhubungan dengan status gizi (p=0,001), masa kerja (p=0,000), dan sikap kerja (p=0,000). Kesimpulan: Berdasarkan hasil penelitian diketahui bahwa sebagian besar penjahit mengalami gangguan muskuloskeletal dan sikap kerja yang  berisiko, oleh karena itu perlu dilakukan peregangan setiap 4 jam sekali pada saat bekerja dan perlu melakukan senam punggung setiap hari sebelum tidur.

scholarly journals Investigation into the Musculoskeletal Disorders Prevalence and Postural Assessment among Barbers in Sari-2016

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siavash Etemadinezhad ◽  
Fateme Ranjbar ◽  
Jamshid Yazdani Charati
Keyword(s):  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Entire Body ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Body Regions ◽  
Working Postures ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Rapid Entire Body Assessment

Background and purpose: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders usually entangle back spines, neck and upper limbs. Working as a barber paves the ground for probable high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders. This study was designed to evaluate the working postures of sari male barbers by Rapid Entire Body Assessment method and determining the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders using NORDIC questionnaire.Methods: In the present research, 108 Sari barbers working conditions were evaluated using Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) tool, and the data on the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders was collected using Nordic questionnaire. Microsoft Excel and SPSS were then applied to analyze the data. Quantitative variables were analyzed using the descriptive statistical methods including mean and standard deviation. Chi-square test and ordinal regression have also been applied to analyze the relationship between different variables and musculoskeletal disorders' prevalence.Results: The mean age the participants was 33.11±8.2 and the mean of work experience was 12±3.7 years. According to the results of the Nordic questionnaire, during 12 past months, 78% of the studied subjects have discovered pain and discomfort at least in one of their 9 body regions. Complaints of musculoskeletal pains in the wrist were also most prevalent (72.1%), followed by the neck (49%) and elbow pains (46.2%). Through REBA Method, the highest frequency of corrective measures was at level 2 (73.9%).Conclusion: The results of the present study indicated that the evaluated subjects working postures required correction. Also, it was found essential to train barbers in what way to identify the biomechanical and ergonomic risk factors and correct working postures.

scholarly journals USULAN PERANCANGAN MATERIAL HANDLING YANG ERGONOMIS BAGI OPERATOR LOADING SAYURAN BUNCIS DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN METODE RASIONAL (STUDI KASUS DI PT. ABO FARM CIWIDEY)

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Mohammad Fadli Setiawan ◽  
Rino Andias Anugraha ◽  
Yusuf Nugroho Doyoyekti ◽  
Ni Made Yunita Sari Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Material Handling ◽  
Entire Body ◽  
X 43 ◽  
Rapid Entire Body Assessment

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) atau gangguan otot rangka merupakan kerusakan pada otot, saraf, tendon, ligamen, persendian, kartilago, dan discus invertebralis. Penyebab utama terjadinya MSDs adalah postur tubuh yang salah. Postur tubuh adalah posisi bagian dari tubuh yang berhubungan dengan bagian tubuh lain yang dihubungkan oleh sudut sambungan. PT ABO FARM merupakan sebuah perusahaan yang bergerak dibidang pertanian dimana memfokuskan bisnisnya pada ekspor sayuran khususnya sayuran buncis yang berada pada kawasan desa Nengkelan, kecamatan Ciwidey, kabupaten Bandung. Salah satu kegiatan pada PT ABO FARM yaitu kegiatan loading sayuran buncis dipengumpul dengan menggunakan karung. Karung yang diangkat memiliki dimensi 96 x 43 x 36 cm dengan kapasistas sebesar 55 kg, padahal batas kapasitas yang direkomendasikan oleh NIOSH adalah sebesar 23 kg. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian postur kerja operator yang sedang melakukan handling material dengan menggunakan REBA (Rapid Entire Body Assessment) diperoleh skor assessment sebesar 12. Nilai ini mengindikasikan bahwa postur kerja berada dalam posisi yang berbahaya sehingga diperlukan perbaikan saat ini juga. Maka dari itu, untuk melakukan perbaikan postur kerja maka pertama kali perlu dilakukan perbaikan pada material handling eksisting. Metode rasional merupakan suatu metode pendekatan yang sistematis. Metode ini banyak digunakan pada tahapan perancangan sebab memiliki tahapan yang jelas, sehingga dapat memberikan hasil rancangan dan produk akhir yang berkualitas. Setelah dilakukan design perancangan material handling, maka diperoleh skor pengangkatan sayuran buncis sebesar 2, sehingga diperoleh kesimpulan bahwa produktivitas penggunaan material handling usulan meningkat sebesar 83 persen.

scholarly journals Analisis Postur Kerja Penjahit Nur Tailor Menggunakan Metode Rappid Entire Body Assessment

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-191
Author(s):  
Ranti Haryani ◽  
Azmi Azmi ◽  
Sirlyana Sirlyana
Keyword(s):  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Entire Body ◽  
Body Map ◽  
Rapid Entire Body Assessment

Penjahit Nur Tailor merupakan salah satu jasa penjahit yang ada di kota Dumai. Pekerjaan dengan posisi yang salah dan berulang-ulang dapat menyebabkan para penjahit sangat rentan untuk terkena gangguan MSDs, karena kurangnya pengetahuan dan pemahaman akan cara kerja yang baik dan benar. Tujuan penelitian dilakukan untuk mengetahui tingkat risiko cidera pada 2 orang penjahit pada saat menjahit atasan baju melayu laki-laki SMP 4 Dumai yang dilakukan oleh penjahit 1 dan menjahit atasan baju kotak-kotak laki-laki SMP 7 Purnama yang dilakukan oleh penjahit 2 dengan menggunakan kuesioner Nordic Body Map (NBM) untuk mengetahui cedera Musculoskeletal Disorders yang dialami pekerja, sedangkan untuk mengetahui tingkat risiko cedera pekerja menggunakan metode Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA). Hasil NBM yang paling berisiko cidera pada pekerja yaitu sakit pada leher atas dan bawah, bahu kiri dan kanan, batang tubuh, lengan atas kanan dan kiri, pinggang, bawah pinggang, pantat, lengan bawah kanan, pergelangan tangan kanan, paha kanan, lutut kanan, betis kanan, dan sakit pada kaki kanan. Tingkat resiko yang dialami penjahit  Nur Tailor dengan menggunakan metode REBA pada saat menjahit baju melayu adalah sedang dengan level resiko 4-5 dan diperlukan tindakan dalam waktu dekat. Untuk  tingkat resiko postur kerja pada saat menjahit kantong baju kotak-kotak adalah rendah dengan level risiko 3 dan dibutuhkan perbaikan postur kerja. Sedangkan tingkat risiko untuk postur melapisi kerah, menjahit badan, menjahit tangan dan menjahit kerah baju kotak-kotak adalah sedang dengan level risiko 4-5 dan diperlukan tindakan dalam waktu dekat.

Evaluasi Risiko Ergonomi dengan Analisis Postur Tubuh untuk Mengurangi Keluhan Musculoskeletal Disorders pada Pekerja

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy Laurinda
Keyword(s):  
Main Product ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Entire Body ◽  
Processing Industry ◽  
Posture Analysis ◽  
Work Posture ◽  
Body Map ◽  
Rapid Entire Body Assessment ◽  
A Company

The economy is an important thing in a country, without an economy, a country can't run. The economy of a country is certainly supported by an industrial sector, one of which is the metal and iron processing industry. Workers in the company will certainly have regulations that will regulate the workforce when doing work at the company. PT. Smart Teknik Utama Bandung is a company engaged in the processing of metal, iron, and others that produces various products derived from iron and plates. The main product of this company is Roding China. The company has a problem, namely the work posture of the employees on the production floor. Wrong work posture results in MSDs complaints among workers which reduce the quality of workers. The purpose of this research is to analyze the work posture used by the workforce is already ergonomic or not. Work posture analysis used the Nordic Body Map method, Ovako Work Posture Analysis, and Rapid Entire Body Assessment. The analysis was carried out on 12 employees from 7 workstations. With the analysis carried out, it is known that all employees have MSDs complaints which are caused by incorrect and unergonomic work postures, then suggestions are given to improve work posture to reduce MSDs complaints experienced by employees.

scholarly journals Ergonomic Evaluation of Postural Assessment among “Canting” Batik Workers

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 226-230
Author(s):  
Norliana Yusof ◽  
Rozimah Yusof ◽  
Firoz Mohd Firoz Ahmat Basri ◽  
Norhayati Soin
Keyword(s):  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Analysis Tool ◽  
Entire Body ◽  
Repetitive Movement ◽  
Workstation Design ◽  
Medium Risk ◽  
Maximum Comfort ◽  
Postural Analysis

This paper presents a study in batik industry with the objective of determining any musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among canting batik workers in Kuala Terengganu. The MSDs symptoms were identified through questionnaires modified from a Standardized Nordic Questionnaire (SNQ) and from observational techniques by using a postural analysis tool, Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) and Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA). The results of questionnaires revealed that MSDs occurred at a high rate which the highest rates of MSDs prevalence were reported in shoulders (64.5%). By assessing postural using the REBA software, the score 4 placed it in medium risk level. However, there are other factors contribute to the existence of MSD such as prolong standing, repetitive movement and poor workstation design. These parameters are not taken into account in the RULA and REBA analysis. Thus, designing an ergonomic workstation may prevent awkward postures to provide a maximum comfort to the batik workers and consequently enhance the productivity. Keywords : batik, posture, musculoskeletal disorders, RULA,REBA

scholarly journals The Implementation of Digital Ergonomics Modeling to Design a Human-Friendly Working Process in a Postal Branch

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (24) ◽  
pp. 9124
Author(s):  
Darko Drašković ◽  
Petr Průša ◽  
Svetlana Čičević ◽  
Stefan Jovčić
Keyword(s):  
Service Sector ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Entire Body ◽  
Business World ◽  
Posture Analysis ◽  
Job Tasks ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Important Health ◽  
Analysis System ◽  
Rapid Entire Body Assessment

In today’s business world, there are two very important health issues that the employees in the service sector are faced with: Spinal disease, especially in the lower back, and carpal tunnel syndrome. These are well-known musculoskeletal disorders. To preserve the health of its employees and prevent professional illnesses, and to thus maximize their efficiency, companies must use knowledge from the field of ergonomics. This study aims to examine the work-related health problems that the workers in transportation companies are faced with. As a case study, a postal company from Serbia is considered, with particular attention paid to the counter clerks. The research was carried out in one branch of the postal operator. All six postal clerks working at the considered branch were subjects of the study. The workers were observed visually by the researchers and recorded while performing their job tasks. Based on the analysis of their movements and body positions, the evaluation of their level of risk exposure was determined using the Ergo Fellow software, specifically with five packages within this program (Rapid Upper Limb Assessment, Rapid Entire Body Assessment, Ovako working posture analysis system, Moore and Garg, and Suzanne Rodgers). As a result of the implemented tools, the analysts are in a position to conclude what should be changed in the work organization.

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