Assessment of exposure levels to MSD risk factors can be an appropriate base for planning and implementing interventional ergonomics programs in the workplace. Combined with a heavy physical workload, it results in a high frequency of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. The present study was aimed to evaluate the musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) of workers engaged in Small scale forging industries. Study was conducted on 102 workers of a forging industry using the posture analysis tool REBA Method. A video showing the different activities of the workers was shot and the snapshots were taken from it for the analysis.The results of REBA showed that about 7.63% of the workers were under very high risk levels and required immediate change. About 44.6% of the workers were at high risk levels which required changes soon and 45.03% of the workers were at medium risk levels .About 2.67% of the workers were at lower risk levels. The present Study recommended the awareness and proper ergonomics training to the workers.
Keywords: Musculoskeletal disorders, men, forging industry,