A Literature Review on Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) Among Industrial Workers in Malaysia

Isa, Munawwarah Solihah Muhammad; Omar, Nazlia; Salleh, Ahmad Faizal; Salim, Mohammad Shahril

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-0866-7_95

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“…However, overexertion and cumulative trauma were the highest factors in lifting injuries. Isa (2021) evidences that lifting was the most used movement by the manufacturing workers (19).…”

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Musculoskeletal Discomfort Evaluation using Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) and Quick Exposure Check (QEC) among Woodworking Workers in Selangor, Malaysia

Hawari

Sulaiman

Kamarudin

et al. 2022

AJAS

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Objective: This study aims to investigate the exposure to risk factors for WMSDs using Quick Exposure Check (QEC) and Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) in woodworking workers with four main tasks, including cutting, lifting, assembling, and finishing products. Background: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are one of the major occupational health problems among woodworkers, especially in developed and developing countries, such as Malaysia. Recently, numerous studies on MSDs have been widely explored, yet the culture, environment and regulatory practices on hazard and risk may differ in each country. Method: The study was conducted on 30 workers in 3 woodworking workshops in Selangor, Malaysia. Through this study, demographic surveys, QEC, and REBA were examined. Results: The results indicated that the most critical task is the lifting and assembling activity. Conclusion: These two activities may require an ergonomic intervention to reduce WMSDs risks. Application: These finding present the most critical task need to be considerations for use in ergonomic design.

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“…However, overexertion and cumulative trauma were the highest factors in lifting injuries. Isa (2021) evidences that lifting was the most used movement by the manufacturing workers (19).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Musculoskeletal Discomfort Evaluation using Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) and Quick Exposure Check (QEC) among Woodworking Workers in Selangor, Malaysia

Hawari

Sulaiman

Kamarudin

et al. 2022

AJAS

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“…The workers are prone to work‐related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) because of ergonomic risk factors such as improper posture, repetitive movements and environmental factors. The pain site is mainly in the lower back (Isa et al, 2021). The switching frequency of tasks and the rotation system are also closely related to MSDs (Padula et al, 2017; Schall et al, 2021).…”

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Research on risk assessment model of subjective and objective integration in manual handling work

Ren

Zhou

Chen

2023

Hum Ftrs & Erg Mfg Svc

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The main hazards in the process of manual handling work are triggered by human factors and ergonomics. This study is intended to implement a valid approach to quantitatively evaluate the risk level during manual handling work. A risk assessment model for manual handling workers was proposed based on subjective and objective correlation. A simulation experiment of manual handling process was developed and an ergonomics evaluation method was carried out. The 33‐point human joint model of BlazePose neural network and the Rapid Upper Limb Analysis (RULA) method were utilized to determine the risk posture and risk index of the manual handling workers. This study brought together hemodynamic parameters and the score of Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) scale and Physical Resources Scale (PRS) to obtain the final comprehensive index of work risk. The results showed that the risk indexes from the three stages of the experiment obtained by RULA method were 3, 4, and 7. And the scores of comprehensive indexes obtained by the risk assessment model were 1.841, 1.900, and 1.987, suggesting that the evaluation model based on subjective and objective correlation had the same ability to determine the risk levels of different handling tasks. Therefore, the risk assessment model proposed in this study verified the effectiveness of the comprehensive evaluation index integrating hemodynamic parameters and subjective evaluation scores.

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A Literature Review on Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) Among Industrial Workers in Malaysia

Cited by 2 publications

References 48 publications

Musculoskeletal Discomfort Evaluation using Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) and Quick Exposure Check (QEC) among Woodworking Workers in Selangor, Malaysia

Musculoskeletal Discomfort Evaluation using Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) and Quick Exposure Check (QEC) among Woodworking Workers in Selangor, Malaysia

Research on risk assessment model of subjective and objective integration in manual handling work

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