Results
Standing Risk Assessment (SRA) result
The workers feel discomfort as a result of working
in the standing position. The assembly tasks that
the workers do includes use of automation equipment,
manual soldering task of automotive parts
and components assembly. Wrong design of the
workstations and wrongly allocated machines and
equipment could be one of the reasons. The discomfort
while doing the standing tasks can be seen
when the workers have to work with their hands in
awkward reaching positions, constrained foot position
due to lack of clearance, working at the corner
of the bench and standing with a twisted spine.
Some postures were captured as shown in Fig. 2.
Body Parts Symptoms Analysis (BPSA) result
Assessment of the body part symptom survey
shows the findings fall under classification of Level
2 Risk. Table 1 shows the details of the BPSA results.
A total of 124 total pains and discomfort
were recorded ranging from upper body parts until
lower body parts. Based on data from the BPS
survey, shoulder pain recorded the highest rating
as 21.8%; followed by ankle and feet pain (17.7%)
and pain at the neck (13.7%). All the three body
parts made an accumulation of 53.2% from the
total BPS survey done for standing operators. The
pain at upper body side got highest rating due to
the nature of work, while ankle and feet pain was
due to the nature of standing for long periods at the workplace.