Nowadays the construction industry is growing specially among developing counties. Iran also has a critical role in these industries in terms of workers disorders. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) assign 7% of the whole diseases in the society, which make some limitations. One of the main factors, which are ended to WMSDs, is awkward posture. Steel bar bending is considered as one...

Less ergonomic work postures such as bending and squatting have the potential to pose risks. When muscles receive static loads repeatedly for a long time, it causes complaints of damage joints, ligaments, tendons commonly referred musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) or injuries system. This study aimed determine level risk performed by workers in each activity using Rapid Entire Body Assessment (R...

Postur kerja mempunyai peran penting dalam memperbaiki dan menjaga kenyamanan karyawan melakukan aktivitas kerja. UD Anugrah Jaya merupakan usaha yang menjual material bahan bangunan mulai dari semen, pasir, kerikil, besi, peralatan lainnya. Karyawan dihadapkan pada kegiatan berkaitan dengan mengangkat, menurunkan, mengangkut memindahkan semen seperti saat berjalan, membungkuk sebagainya, maka ...

Since the ergonomic intervention process is currently a highly individual, knowledge-based process, the development of a methodical procedure for this process has a great potential in ergonomics of working postures. Thus, in this paper a concept to support the ergonomic intervention process aiming to improve awkward working postures is described. A comprehensive analysis of working postures was...

Aonla is an important Indian fruit crop with great potential for processing into various quality products. Aonla preserve making is an important economic activity in our country. The pricking methods are age old, hence a hand operated aonla pricking machine was introduced in preserve making industries to speed up the pricking task. OWAS and RULA two of the most commonly used ergonomic assessmen...

Casting industry in India is appreciably providing employment to more than 5 million people. These are various jobs which may cause musculoskeletal disorders among the working generation. Awkward posture, lifting, forceful movements and manual work at rapid rate contribute to musculoskeletal disorders. Present study is focused on assessing the work posture of workers engaged in different active...

musculoskeletal disorders (msds) are important causes of work incapacity and loss of work days. msds are major problems in almost all countries and increasingly can be found in service industries such as maritime sector. this study aimed at evaluation of msds symptoms among crew of tugboats, dredgers, pilot boats and barges by using nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire (nmq) and also determinat...