Evaluation of work posture and quantification of fatigue by Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA)

TALENTA - Conference on Engineering, Science and Technology 2017

工业技术;自然科学

Rizkya, I.^1 ; Syahputri, K.^1 ; Sari, R.M.^1 ; Anizar^1 ; Siregar, I.^1

Universitas Sumatera Utara Almater Street Kampus USU, Padang Bulan Medan

20155, Indonesia^1

关键词: Controlling actions;    Low back injury;    Material handling;    Procedural analysis;    Risk reductions;    Work postures;    Work-related musculoskeletal disorders;    Working postures;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/309/1/012051/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/309/1/012051

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Work related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), poor body postures, and low back injuries are the most common problems occurring in many industries including small-medium industries. This study presents assessment and evaluation of ergonomic postures of material handling worker. That evaluation was carried out using REBA (Rapid Entire Body Assessment). REBA is a technique to quantize the fatigue experienced by the worker while manually lifting loads. Fatigue due to abnormal work posture leads to complaints of labor-perceived pain. REBA methods were used to an assessment of working postures for the existing process by a procedural analysis of body postures involved. This study shows that parts of the body have a high risk of work are the back, neck, and upper arms with REBA score 9, so action should be taken as soon as possible. Controlling actions were implemented to those process with high risk then substantial risk reduction was achieved.