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...

Small industry workers are often involved in manual handling operations that require awkward body postures, therefore, musculoskeletal disorders and occupational injuries are a major problem. In this study, various types of tasks were recorded with a video camera to chart and analyze different postures by computerized OWAS (Ovako Working Posture Analysing System). Collected data showed that poo...

Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency that prevents double spending using a distributed public ledger (known as the blockchain). Due to this, true anonymity is not present in Bitcoin because funds can be traced as they pass via different addresses. It is sometimes possible to link various addresses and obtain information not apparent in the beginning (such as loops). We present a method to e...

Usaha pembuatan gerabah di Dusun Klipoh, Desa Karanganyar, Borobudur, Magelang terus dipertahankan bukan semata mata dari sisi ekonominya, akan tetapi lebih tradisi, budaya, dan edukasi. Namun demikian pengerjaan yang dilakukan dengan cara-cara sangat tradisional menggunakan peralatan ala kadarnya tentu berpotensi terhadap resiko Kesehatan mereka, meskipun tersebut mengedapankan orisinalitas pa...