Ergonomic Risk Factors in Women Workers Involved in Handicraft Industry of Patiala District

Dsingh, Ajita; Kaur, Jeewanjot

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-96065-4_43

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“…Pandey and Aditi (2013) concluded that special training, which might minimize the ergonomic risk factors in a workplace, would improve the health conditions and increase the productivity of workers. For this reason, periodical training programs should be organized in order to prevent musculoskeletal system disorders among workers and emphasize the importance of resting and pauses during working hours (Dsingh and Kaur 2019). It should be noted that awareness activities incorporating visual instruments such as posters and training sessions, in which accurate working postures and methods are taught, would have protective effects in preventing musculoskeletal system disorders.…”

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Computer-Assisted Ergonomic Analysis of Working Postures Causing Strain

Emir

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Özel

2022

European Journal of Forest Engineering

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Ergonomics, which is also known as Human Engineering or Human Factors Engineering, is a discipline allowing a working design in accordance with individuals’ anthropometric (bodily) size, physical strength, and personal characteristics by considering the relationships between individuals and other actors in the system. Specifically, one of the main principles of ergonomics is that individuals should be in harmony with and adaptable to the environment. In working environments where ergonomic principles are not applied, the equipment, machinery, and tools are generally designed without considering the different anthropometric characteristics of people. Hence, employees have to exhibit incorrect working postures in order to adapt to those conditions. It causes a decrease in productivity, loss of labor force, lack of motivation, and musculoskeletal system disorders. It is obvious that such negative outcomes would increase unless the necessary ergonomic arrangements are done. Carried out in 7 different workstations of a furniture manufacturing factory, the present study aims to analyze the postures of workers, determine the points they have difficulty and to what extent they have difficulty (the level of risk), and bring the workplace conditions in compliance with the workers’ necessities through improvement arrangements about how they can avoid the ergonomic risks and dangers they face. Within the scope of this study, the data consisting of the photos of workers were used. Contrary to the previous studies incorporating estimation-based risk analyses, the present study employs uMED Ergonomics software in analyzing the angles of body parts and clearly revealing the workers’ postures. Ergonomic risk analysis was performed using the REBA (Rapid Entire Body Assessment) method, one of the risk assessment methods. It was determined that the posture modifications and some ergonomic improvements significantly reduced the risk level.

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Computer-Assisted Ergonomic Analysis of Working Postures Causing Strain

Emir

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Özel

2022

European Journal of Forest Engineering

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Incidences of MSDs Prevalent Among Indigenous Women Involved in Petty Trading in Assam

Bhuyan,

Bhattacharyya

2022

Ergonomics for Design and Innovation

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Ergonomi̇k Ri̇sk Faktörleri̇ni̇n Siniflandirilmasi: Bi̇r Li̇teratür Taramasi

2020

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Ergonomik risk Fiziksel ergonomi Bilişsel ergonomi İş sağlığı ve güvenliği İş sağlığı ve güvenliğinde ergonomik riskler önemli bir yer tutmaktadır. Ergonomik riskler inşaat, maden, tarım, imalat, tekstil, sağlık, işletme ve hizmet sektörlerinde yoğun olarak görülmektedir. İşyerinde ergonomik riskler dikkate alındığında; çalışanların motivasyonu ile üretim, zaman, kalite ve verimlilik açısından işyerine katkı sağlayacaktır. Ayrıca iş sağlığı ve güvenliği sorunları ile meslek hastalıklarının sayısında da azalma görülecektir. Bu bağlamda, bu çalışmada ergonomik riskler ve sınıflandırılması konusunda bir literatür araştırması yapılmıştır. EBSCO veri tabanına göre 2004-2020 yılları arasında 59 tane ulusal ve uluslararası makale incelenmiştir. Tüm çalışmalar ergonomik riskler ve sektörlere göre sınıflandırılmıştır. Ergonomik riskler; fiziksel, bilişsel, örgütsel, çevresel, kişisel ve psikososyal faktörler olmak üzere altı ana sınıf ve 55 alt sınıfa ayrılmıştır. Ayrıca çalışmada sektörlere göre karşılaşılan risk faktörleri belirlenmiştir.

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Ergonomic Risk Factors in Women Workers Involved in Handicraft Industry of Patiala District

Cited by 3 publications

References 3 publications

Computer-Assisted Ergonomic Analysis of Working Postures Causing Strain

Computer-Assisted Ergonomic Analysis of Working Postures Causing Strain

Incidences of MSDs Prevalent Among Indigenous Women Involved in Petty Trading in Assam

Ergonomi̇k Ri̇sk Faktörleri̇ni̇n Siniflandirilmasi: Bi̇r Li̇teratür Taramasi

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