Quantitative and qualitative assessment of musculoskeletal disorders and socioeconomic issues of workers of brick industry in Pakistan

Ijaz, Madiha; Ahmad, Sajid Rashid; Akram, Muhammad; Khan, Waheed Ullah; Yasin, Nasim Ahmad; Nadeem, Falaq Ali

doi:10.1016/j.ergon.2020.102933

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“…A large population of workers has been employed in the expanding brick industries. As a result, the number of injuries and accidents has been increasing (Das, 2020a;Ijaj et al, 2020).…”

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Assessment of ergonomic exposure, work-related occupational injuries, and prevention: Child work in the brickfield industry in India.

Das

2021

Toxicol Ind Health

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Child labor is an infraction of fundamental human rights, and it prevents the children’s physical, psychosocial, and psychological development. In India, children have been working in different unorganized sectors as paid laborers. Children were found performing a fair amount of manual, rigorous tasks in the brickfield industry due to socioeconomic disadvantages. Child brickfield workers suffered from musculoskeletal pain and injuries due to working with a heavy physical workload, which hampers the overall quality of life. A study had been conducted among these child brickfield laborers from India during 2011–2017. The study found laceration (38.7% male and 36.9% female) as the primary injury followed by sprain and strain, scratches, avulsion, and fractures among child brickfield workers. The study shows that child workers are highly prone to injuries, mainly toe (23.9% male and 28.1% female), hands (22.0% male and 23.4% female), wrists, feet, ankles, and fingers. The injury rate among male and female child brickfield laborers was 7.64 and 9.52 per 1000 workers. The primary source of injuries in brickfields was due to falling from height. Several risk factors, including biomechanical, work stress, may play a key role in work-related injuries among child brickfield laborers.

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“…A large population of workers has been employed in the expanding brick industries. As a result, the number of injuries and accidents has been increasing (Das, 2020a;Ijaj et al, 2020).…”

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Assessment of ergonomic exposure, work-related occupational injuries, and prevention: Child work in the brickfield industry in India.

Das

2021

Toxicol Ind Health

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“…Poochada and Chaiklieng [18] demonstrated the use of the ROSA to evaluate the presence of risk elements for job-related MSD in a call center office. The RULA method has been used to assess the risk of work-related upper limb disorders [19,20]. The OCRA method has been used to evaluate upper limb disorders; the risk factors considered are repetition, strength, incorrect postures, and lack of rest intervals [21].…”

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Human Factor Index Measurement Using an ISM-SEM-Fuzzy Approach

Kamala

Robert

2022

Sustainability

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In recent years, there has been a trend toward automation and data exchange in manufacturing processes through industrial cognitive computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), and artificial intelligence. However, the human–machine interface plays a role in establishing a smart manufacturing system in any industry. It is necessary to develop a comprehensive model to identify the risk factors that contribute to the loss of human performance and productivity and evaluate the workplace for its compliance and agility toward safe human–machine systems. In this study, a model is proposed that can be used as a measurement tool to design ergonomic workplaces in the automotive industry. Several criteria have been classified under four enablers: physiological factors, psychological factors, environmental factors, and safety factors. These were identified through a literature review. The proposed model integrates the applications of structural equation modeling (SEM), interpretive structural modeling (ISM), and the multigrade fuzzy approach. ISM was employed to demonstrate the applicability of the model to depict various ergonomic enablers considered in the ergonomic measurement. SEM was used to validate the ergonomic measurement model statistically. Physiological factors were found to be highly correlated with ergonomic practices. Physiological and psychological factors were also highly correlated. The use of the multigrade fuzzy approach was demonstrated to determine the human factor index for an automotive component manufacturing industry. The proposed model can enable management to evaluate the various risk factors that hamper the ergonomic level of a company and thereby allow the company to harness the benefits of ergonomics to enhance safety and productivity.

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“…RULA assessment is mainly focus on the upper body, which consist of neck, trunk, upper arm, and lower arm. Besides, this method also assess the function of muscle and the loads (Ijaz et al, 2020). RULA is a method to analyzing the ergonomics of a work posture with the use of the upper body.…”

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“…The final scores of REBA assessment is the summation of values from both groups. According to Ijaz et al (2020) the loading of biomechanical and postural has always been successfully assessed using this simple worksheet. The scores were obtained from a different body part such as trunk, neck, and legs in the section A, whereas the section B consist of the assessment of the upper and lower arm, wrist, and wrist twist.…”

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Designing the Ergonomic Press and Molding Machine of Cassava Chips for Sustainable Development in SMEs

Silviana¹,

Hardianto²,

Fuhaid³

et al. 2021

JST

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The sustainability of the SMEs depends on how the SMEs could compete with their competitor. Utilizing technology is a way that can be used to survive in those competitions. Unfortunately, some of the SMEs in Indonesia could not afford to utilize the technology due to financial problems. Therefore, the aim of this research is to create an ergonomic working environment by utilizing the technology through the design of the press and molding machine. In its application, the concepts of Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) and Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) were used to assess the working posture. The results of this assessment show that the working environment of this SME, especially in the pressing and molding process was not ergonomic and need to be improved. The given improvement is in the form of press and molding machine design and its prototype. The designing process was done using the concept of Quality Function Deployment (QFD). On the other side, to assess the level of success for the given design and machine, the REBA and RULA assessment was carried out. The results of the REBA and RULA assessment for the new machine showed that it could decrease the previous score of both REBA and RULA. The results of this research are expecting to increase the production capacity, minimizing the occurrence of MSDs, and improving the quality of the chips. In the long-term, it will be able to increase the competitiveness of this SME.

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Quantitative and qualitative assessment of musculoskeletal disorders and socioeconomic issues of workers of brick industry in Pakistan

Cited by 28 publications

References 35 publications

Assessment of ergonomic exposure, work-related occupational injuries, and prevention: Child work in the brickfield industry in India.

Assessment of ergonomic exposure, work-related occupational injuries, and prevention: Child work in the brickfield industry in India.

Human Factor Index Measurement Using an ISM-SEM-Fuzzy Approach

Designing the Ergonomic Press and Molding Machine of Cassava Chips for Sustainable Development in SMEs

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