Prevention of work‐related musculoskeletal disorders in a chemical plant in Taiwan and a comparison of three assessment tools

Chao, Chin-Jung; Chen, Ming Chun; Yau, Yi-Jan

doi:10.1002/hfm.20740

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“…Its objective is to improve and adapt the workplace/environment to people [6]. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) can arise in all types of activities, tasks, or sectors [7]: Agriculture [8,9], health [10,11], industry [12,13], education [14,15], etc.…”

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Repetitive Movements in Melon Cultivation Workers under Greenhouses

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Musculoskeletal disorders cause serious problems that affect workers in many sectors. The objective of this study is the ergonomic analysis of melon cultivation farmers in Almeria-type greenhouses. For this, the rapid upper limb assessment (RULA) method has been applied after carrying out a detailed process of observing the farmers’ tasks. The study shows that 65% of the postures have a very-high-risk level, 26% high, 9% average, and no posture is found with a low risk. They also show that in 69.57% of the postures, the upper limbs are less affected than the others such as the neck, trunk, and lower limbs. Measures are proposed to improve the working conditions for workers.

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“…Knowing that these occupational diseases and accidents have a significant impact on the company's results and on the economy by leading to prolonged absences from work, early retirement, and an increase in compensation premiums, ergonomic studies have been carried out to improve workplace safety (Chao, Chen, & Yau, 2018;Choobineh, Hosseini, Lahmi, Jazan, & Shahnavaz, 2007;Choobineh, Tosian, Alhamdi, & Davarzanie, 2004;Grozdanović & Bijelić, 2018;Öztürk & Esin, 2011;Raemy, Halim, Azis, Saptari, & Kamat, 2015;Steedman, 2018;Westfeld, Hans-Gerd, Bringmann, Gröllich, & Schmauder, 2013).…”

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Ergonomics risk assessment among maintenance operators in a Tunisian railway company: A case study

Sebti

Boulila

Hamza

2019

Hum Ftrs & Erg Mfg Svc

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Railway truck maintenance plays a crucial role for rail transport. It aims at ensuring the availability of the equipment and the safety of the operations. However, maintenance activities often involve uncommon work and nonroutine tasks and it is obvious that maintenance operators are more threatened than other employees to be exposed to various hazards in their workplace. In Tunisia, the prevalence of occupational accidents and injuries among maintenance workers is not well documented. The target of this cross‐sectional study is to assess ergonomics risks associated with maintenance activities in a railway company. Data collection was carried out through a self‐administrated questionnaire and via direct observations. The Body Parts Symptom Survey (BPSS) was used to identify the discomfort level of the workers. More than 100 maintenance operators working in nine different workshops were involved in this study. From BPSS results, this paper proposed a new method to calculate the discomfort index related to each body part in order to calculate the global discomfort index (GDI) for each workshop. Results showed that the most hazardous workshop was rail‐car maintenance workshop (GDI = 43.06). Four main tasks were assessed with normalized score. Final scores were found to be extremely high. To remedy the raised problems, new adjustable workstations were proposed, which showed a considerable improvement on workers’ postures.

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Musculoskeletal disorders, psychological distress, and work error of supermarket cashiers

Deng

Luan

2019

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BackgroundHuman physiological and psychological states may influence work performance. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationships among the musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), psychological distress, and work error of supermarket cashiers. There were 443 Chinese supermarket cashiers surveyed in this study. Among these cashiers, 431 valid samples were obtained. The study surveyed the MSDs, psychological distress of supermarket cashiers with MSDs Likert scale and Symptom Checklist‐90 (SCL‐90) scale, respectively. The data of work error of each cashier was provided by the supermarkets managers. The increasing working years of Chinese supermarket cashiers were connected with increased MSDs. Significant differences were observed in MSDs and work error of cashiers from different supermarkets (different in checkout design). The physiological health and psychological distress of supermarket cashiers are important to work performance and require serious attention. Good checkout counter design with flat conveyor is helpful to reduce cashiers’ MSDs and work error.

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Prevention of work‐related musculoskeletal disorders in a chemical plant in Taiwan and a comparison of three assessment tools

Cited by 6 publications

References 32 publications

Repetitive Movements in Melon Cultivation Workers under Greenhouses

Repetitive Movements in Melon Cultivation Workers under Greenhouses

Ergonomics risk assessment among maintenance operators in a Tunisian railway company: A case study

Musculoskeletal disorders, psychological distress, and work error of supermarket cashiers

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