Neck and shoulder complaints among sewing-machine operators

Blåder, S.; Barck-Holst, U.; Danielsson, Sarah K.; Ferhm, E.; Kalpamaa, M.; Leijon, Matti; Lindh, Margareta Gonzalez; Markhede, Göran

doi:10.1016/0003-6870(91)90228-a

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“…This reveals that operating sewing machine for longer years was strongly associated with increased work related elbow and hand/wrist MS disorders. This finding was in agreement with the study conducted in the Los Angeles, Turkey, Iran, and Denmark [5, 7, 11, 17]. …”

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confidence: 93%

Environmental and Organizational Factors Associated with Elbow/Forearm and Hand/Wrist Disorder among Sewing Machine Operators of Garment Industry in Ethiopia

Kebede

Tafese

2014

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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Occupational health problems related to upper limp musculoskeletal disorders were the major issue among sewing machine operators of garment industries in Ethiopia. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and associated risk factors of work related elbow and wrist musculoskeletal disorders among sewing machine operators of garment industries in Galan City, Oromia Regional State. A cross-sectional study was conducted from April 1 to 30, 2012. A total of 422 study subjects were included in this study. Standard Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire was used to collect detailed information on musculoskeletal symptom, sociodemographic data, and factors associated with the problems through face to face interview. From a total of 422 sewing machine operators included in the study 370 (87.7%) were females and 306 (72.5%) were in the age group of <30 years. The prevalence of self-reported work related elbow and wrist musculoskeletal disorders was 40% and 37.7%, respectively. In multivariate analysis, those who had >16 years of service were about five times more likely to develop elbow and wrist musculoskeletal disorders than those who had short (1–5 years) year of services [AOR = 4.7, 95% CI: 1.55–13.02], physical activities [AOR = 5.02, 95% CI: 1.57–16.00], and methods of payment [AOR = 2.01, 95% CI: 1.23–3.28], factors significantly associated with this disorders. Work related elbow and wrist musculoskeletal disorders were high among sewing machine operators in selected garment industries. Moreover, personal and environmental factors were identified as the potential risk factors related to elbow and wrist musculoskeletal disorders among the study group. Therefore, government and the owner of the garment industries should give special attention to prevent and control the problems through proper occupational health and safety policy implementation in the country.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Environmental and Organizational Factors Associated with Elbow/Forearm and Hand/Wrist Disorder among Sewing Machine Operators of Garment Industry in Ethiopia

Kebede

Tafese

2014

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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“…The repetitive motion of the wrist, and the lower and upper limbs can cause musculoskeletal disorder (Punnett and Keyserling, 1987; Kroemer, 2009). Complaints of discomfort in the neck, shoulder and back regions were similar to reports and studies among sewing machine operators (Blader et al ., 1991; Chavalitsakulchai and Shahnavaz, 1993).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

The work practices and ergonomic problems experienced by garment workers in Ghana

Vandyck

Fianu

2012

Int J Consumer Studies

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Although the role of ergonomics in everyday occupations has generated increased attention in the last few years, poor working environments present a serious threat to the livelihood and career of small‐scale garment producers. This paper is one of the first to study dressmakers and tailors and their work environments in Ghana. The apparel industry holds a dominant share (40% out of a total of 24 133 establishments) in the country's manufacturing industry. However, to date, very little consideration has been given to the nature of this working environment. For example: do dressmakers and tailors perform their work under stressful conditions and do they attribute injuries to the tasks they perform in the workplace? Involving a sample of 100 individual garment producers as participants, a semi‐structured interview schedule was used to elicit information on dressmakers' and tailors' knowledge of workplace stressors. Their work environment was observed and assessed for stressors. A physical discomfort survey was employed to identify the injuries they attributed to the performance of tasks in their workplace. Findings revealed that stressors included noise, poor ventilation, unsuitable seat heights, widths and depths, and awkward postures. Encountered discomforts affected the performance of sewing tasks and resulted in occasional and frequent pains in the lower back, neck, upper back and shoulders. These working conditions are detrimental to the development of this sector and the study concludes that there is an important educational role for trade organizations to assist manufacturers to improve working conditions for their workers.

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“…Various occupations, mostly in packing and in textile manufacturing, were represented in this heterogeneous group. High prevalence in female textile manufacturing workers has been described in other studies (25). The low prevalence of disease in chanvorkers (cleaning staff) was not expected, since this group has a very high disability pensioning rate (8).…”

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confidence: 66%

Occupation-specific morbidity of musculoskeletal disease in Norway

Brage

Bjérkedal

Bruusgaard

1997

Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine

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The aim of this study was to investigate the occupation-specific prevalence of musculoskeletal disease in Norway. A cross-sectional interview survey of a representative sample of households in Norway in 1985, including 6,681 persons, 16 to 66 years old was carried out. Age-standardised, occupation-specific prevalence ratios for musculoskeletal disease were calculated. Musculoskeletal diseases were more frequent in women (20.6%) than men (17.3%), and increased markedly with age. In men, the prevalence was highest for construction carpenters; in women, for manufacturing/construction workers. In both male and female occupations, the highest prevalence of musculoskeletal diseases was approximately two-fold that of the lowest. Health-related exits from the labour force, and mobility between occupations influenced the results. It is suggested that the high disability pensioning and sickness absence rates observed in some occupations are related to occupation-specific consequences of disease in addition to higher morbidity.

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Neck and shoulder complaints among sewing-machine operators

Cited by 49 publications

References 17 publications

Environmental and Organizational Factors Associated with Elbow/Forearm and Hand/Wrist Disorder among Sewing Machine Operators of Garment Industry in Ethiopia

Environmental and Organizational Factors Associated with Elbow/Forearm and Hand/Wrist Disorder among Sewing Machine Operators of Garment Industry in Ethiopia

The work practices and ergonomic problems experienced by garment workers in Ghana

Occupation-specific morbidity of musculoskeletal disease in Norway

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