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Investigation the contribution of process areas to lower back pain among manual assembly workers in medical device industry

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are the leading cause of occupational health issues in manufacturing, especially for manual assembly processes. One of the primary prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among manual assembly workers in the medical device industry is low back pain...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Syukur, Md Noh, Saiful Anwar, Che Ghani, Wan Sharuzi, Wan Harun
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: Institution of Engineering and Technology 2022
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T Technology (General)
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42031/1/Investigation%20the%20contribution%20of%20process%20areas.pdf
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https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2022.2626
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spelling my.ump.umpir.420312024-09-30T04:39:53Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42031/ Investigation the contribution of process areas to lower back pain among manual assembly workers in medical device industry Mohammad Syukur, Md Noh Saiful Anwar, Che Ghani Wan Sharuzi, Wan Harun T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are the leading cause of occupational health issues in manufacturing, especially for manual assembly processes. One of the primary prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among manual assembly workers in the medical device industry is low back pain. This paper investigated the risk factors associated with process areas on the low back pain cases among manual assembly workers in one multinational medical device company. This report represents the second of three stages of an investigation study; namely validation of risk factors. Interview sessions were conducted with six manual assembly workers who obtained the highest musculoskeletal disorder scores of low back pain in the earlier study. Results of the interviews were characterized into three major risk factors; lifting weights during work, chair condition and working posture. These three risk factors were then validated with a larger group of 153 female participants of the same population using Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire and an additional self-administered questionnaire. The results show that lifting weights during work and chair conditions have the highest risk of low back pain with each 48% prevalence, while the risk due to working posture is lower at 17%. The study's outcome will be used in the third stage of the investigation study, that is, to formulate improvement actions with ergonomics specialists. Institution of Engineering and Technology 2022 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42031/1/Investigation%20the%20contribution%20of%20process%20areas.pdf pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42031/2/Investigation%20the%20contribution%20of%20process%20areas%20to%20lower%20back%20pain%20among%20manual%20assembly%20workers%20in%20medical%20device%20industry_ABS.pdf Mohammad Syukur, Md Noh and Saiful Anwar, Che Ghani and Wan Sharuzi, Wan Harun (2022) Investigation the contribution of process areas to lower back pain among manual assembly workers in medical device industry. In: IET Conference Proceedings. 2022 Engineering Technology International Conference, ETIC 2022 , 7 - 8 September 2022 , Kuantan, Virtual. pp. 281-288., 2022 (22). ISSN 2732-4494 ISBN 978-183953782-0 (Published) https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2022.2626
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English
topic T Technology (General)
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
Mohammad Syukur, Md Noh
Saiful Anwar, Che Ghani
Wan Sharuzi, Wan Harun
Investigation the contribution of process areas to lower back pain among manual assembly workers in medical device industry
description Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are the leading cause of occupational health issues in manufacturing, especially for manual assembly processes. One of the primary prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among manual assembly workers in the medical device industry is low back pain. This paper investigated the risk factors associated with process areas on the low back pain cases among manual assembly workers in one multinational medical device company. This report represents the second of three stages of an investigation study; namely validation of risk factors. Interview sessions were conducted with six manual assembly workers who obtained the highest musculoskeletal disorder scores of low back pain in the earlier study. Results of the interviews were characterized into three major risk factors; lifting weights during work, chair condition and working posture. These three risk factors were then validated with a larger group of 153 female participants of the same population using Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire and an additional self-administered questionnaire. The results show that lifting weights during work and chair conditions have the highest risk of low back pain with each 48% prevalence, while the risk due to working posture is lower at 17%. The study's outcome will be used in the third stage of the investigation study, that is, to formulate improvement actions with ergonomics specialists.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mohammad Syukur, Md Noh
Saiful Anwar, Che Ghani
Wan Sharuzi, Wan Harun
author_facet Mohammad Syukur, Md Noh
Saiful Anwar, Che Ghani
Wan Sharuzi, Wan Harun
author_sort Mohammad Syukur, Md Noh
title Investigation the contribution of process areas to lower back pain among manual assembly workers in medical device industry
title_short Investigation the contribution of process areas to lower back pain among manual assembly workers in medical device industry
title_full Investigation the contribution of process areas to lower back pain among manual assembly workers in medical device industry
title_fullStr Investigation the contribution of process areas to lower back pain among manual assembly workers in medical device industry
title_full_unstemmed Investigation the contribution of process areas to lower back pain among manual assembly workers in medical device industry
title_sort investigation the contribution of process areas to lower back pain among manual assembly workers in medical device industry
publisher Institution of Engineering and Technology
publishDate 2022
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42031/1/Investigation%20the%20contribution%20of%20process%20areas.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42031/2/Investigation%20the%20contribution%20of%20process%20areas%20to%20lower%20back%20pain%20among%20manual%20assembly%20workers%20in%20medical%20device%20industry_ABS.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/42031/
https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2022.2626
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