Abstract: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are common health problem throughout the world. Work related musculoskeletal disorders are group of painful disorders of muscles, tendons and nerves. The low back or lumber area, serves a number of important functions for the men in working area many occupational tasks in industrial area still associated with strenuous working postures and movement .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, REBA.
Abstract: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are common health problem throughout the world. Work related musculoskeletal disorders are group of painful disorders of muscles, tendons and nerves. The low back or lumber area, serves a number of important functions for the men in working area many occupational tasks in industrial area still associated with strenuous working postures and movement .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, REBA.
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