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Health risk assessment on musculoskeletal disorders among potato-chip processing workers


Autoři: Sunisa Chaiklieng aff001
Působiště autorů: Department of Environmental Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Faculty of Public Health, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand aff001;  Research Center in Back, Neck, Other Joint Pain and Human Performance (BNOJPH), Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand aff002
Vyšlo v časopise: PLoS ONE 14(12)
Kategorie: Research Article
doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224980

Souhrn

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the most common complaint among industrial workers. The potato-chip processing industry involves workers in repetitive activities leading to MSDs. This cross-sectional descriptive study aimed to assess MSDs health risk among potato-chip processing workers. It was conducted among 107 randomly sampled workers from a distribution like other groups exposed to similar ergonomics factors. A MSDs health-risk assessment produced a matrix of combined results based on a self-report questionnaire (5 levels) and an ergonomics risk assessment using RULA (4 levels). The self-reported MSDs questionnaire showed that workers had moderate to very high discomfort levels, i.e., 11.21% trunk, 9.35% lower limbs, 8.41% upper limbs and 4.66% for the neck. Ergonomic risks were found to be at a very high level, 77.57%, and high risk level, 19.63%. The combined matrix assessments showed that most workers were at moderate to very high MSDs risk, i.e., 43.92% trunk, 36.45% upper limbs, 32.71% lower limbs and 20.56% for the neck. This health risk matrix found a higher proportion of workers presenting with MSDs health risk compared with the musculoskeletal disorders self-assessment alone. Therefore, the MSDs risk matrix assessment could be useful for surveillance screening prior to implementing a risk-reduction program. Further, using ergonomics training programs and improving work stations for high-risk groups are also recommended based on the ergonomic and health risk assessments in this study.

Klíčová slova:

Body limbs – Ergonomics – Jobs – Myalgia – Public and occupational health – Shoulders – Thai people


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