PREVALENCE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS DUE TO MANUAL MATERIAL HANDLING AMONG WORKERS IN AN AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING PLANT IN MALAYSIA
Baba Md. Deros, Dian Darina Indah Daruis and Sawal, N.A.
Abstract: A cross sectional study was carried out among workers at an automotive manufacturing plant in Malaysia. The study has two major objectives: first, to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) among workers who perform the manual material handling (MMH) task; and second, to determine the ergonomics risk of MMH at selected workstations. For the first objective, respondents were selected through random sampling. Then, a body parts symptoms survey (BPSS) data sheets were given to the respondents to obtain the prevalence of MSD among these workers. For the second objective, respondents were selected based on the in-house clinic (IHC) visitations data. Results from 500 respondents showed that the highest prevalence of MSD was low back pain (LBP). It was found from interviews of 17 workers who had 3 or more visitation times to the IHC that the main reason of the ergonomic risk comes from the task that they perform.
Keywords: Malaysian automotive, musculoskeletal disorders, prevalence, manual material handling, back pain.
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Baba Md. Deros, Dian Darina Indah Daruis and Sawal, N.A.
Abstract: A cross sectional study was carried out among workers at an automotive manufacturing plant in Malaysia. The study has two major objectives: first, to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) among workers who perform the manual material handling (MMH) task; and second, to determine the ergonomics risk of MMH at selected workstations. For the first objective, respondents were selected through random sampling. Then, a body parts symptoms survey (BPSS) data sheets were given to the respondents to obtain the prevalence of MSD among these workers. For the second objective, respondents were selected based on the in-house clinic (IHC) visitations data. Results from 500 respondents showed that the highest prevalence of MSD was low back pain (LBP). It was found from interviews of 17 workers who had 3 or more visitation times to the IHC that the main reason of the ergonomic risk comes from the task that they perform.
Keywords: Malaysian automotive, musculoskeletal disorders, prevalence, manual material handling, back pain.
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