Musculoskeletal Disorder Assignment
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Added on 2020-07-23
Musculoskeletal Disorder Assignment
Added on 2020-07-23
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3PART 2............................................................................................................................................3A Extent to which the musculoskeletal disorders are similar across the given work domains...3B The extent to which the methods used by the reserachers are comprehensive........................4C Justification of investigating musculoskeletal disorders by the researchers...........................5CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTIONErgonomics can be defined as the study of people's efficiency in the environment wherethey are working. In other way, we can say that it is the process of designing the workplace andsystem in such a way that they suit the person who is using the same. In this report, ergonomicsof four industries namely, Semiconductor industry in Peninsular Malaysia, children in Schools ofMalaysia , Batik workers in Kelantan and Rubber workers in FELDA settlement is taken intoconsideration.PART 2A Extent to which the musculoskeletal disorders are similar across the given work domainsTo ameliorate the performance of the employees working in any business organisation, itis important to understand the ergonomics prevailing over there. Similar research is done tostudy the musculoskeletal disorder prevailing in the four different work domains listed above.Musculoskeletal system provides form, support, stability and movement to the body since it ismade up of bones of skeleton, muscles, cartilage, tendons, ligaments joints and other tissues thatbind different organs together. Its disorder means pain across several parts of the body. This isprominent if working condition is not as per the requirements of the employees. As per the research papers provided by (Chee and Rampal, 2004) on work relatedmusculoskeletal problems among the women workers of semiconductor industry in PenninsulaeMalaysia, it was analysed that because of the weight lifting processes and prolonged standingduring wafer preparation and polishing, lower back and lower limb problem was prominentamong 906 women studied. The front line workers who just operate the machines were having lowest painprevalences since they only used to walk short distances to look around the installation (Youngand et.al., 2015). The middle line workers, also called as the molding workers were found tohave high pain in neck or shoulders (54.8 %) and upper back (43.5%). The end of the lineworkers, also called as inspection workers were also found with high back b=pain because ofprolonged siting without support. Cip testing workers were having high lower limb pain becausethey used to climb steps to the load units. Workers in the department of electronic assembly werefound to have high arms and hands/wrists pain.
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