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Development of Questionnaire for Assistive Device Design in LPG Cylinder Handling

In Malaysia, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is filled in a heavy steel cylinder and it is widely used for cooking purpose. Due to its dimensions and mass, the delivery men exposed to ergonomics risk factors associated with excessive force that can lead to injury to the back and the shoulders. There...

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Main Authors: Al Amin, Mohamed Sultan, Isa , Halim, Nor Akramin, Mohamad, Febrian, Idral, Taufik, ,
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Published: 2014
Online Access:http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/10528/1/Questionnaire_assitive_device_published.pdf
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spelling my.utem.eprints.105282015-05-28T04:11:44Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/10528/ Development of Questionnaire for Assistive Device Design in LPG Cylinder Handling Al Amin, Mohamed Sultan Isa , Halim Nor Akramin, Mohamad Febrian, Idral Taufik, , In Malaysia, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is filled in a heavy steel cylinder and it is widely used for cooking purpose. Due to its dimensions and mass, the delivery men exposed to ergonomics risk factors associated with excessive force that can lead to injury to the back and the shoulders. There are assistive devices can be used to aid the delivery men; however, those devices are not efficient to transport the LPG cylinder to non-elevator apartments. Based on this reason, this study develops a questionnaire to determine design requirements of the assistive device for LPG cylinder handling. Structured interview using questionnaire survey was conducted among 25 delivery men. Based on the questionnaire survey, 76% of the delivery men required an assistive device that is safe, motorized, and push oriented for LPG cylinder handling. This study concluded that the developed questionnaire is reliable to determine design requirements of the assistive device for LPG cylinder handling. 2014-01-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/10528/1/Questionnaire_assitive_device_published.pdf Al Amin, Mohamed Sultan and Isa , Halim and Nor Akramin, Mohamad and Febrian, Idral and Taufik, , (2014) Development of Questionnaire for Assistive Device Design in LPG Cylinder Handling. Applied Mechanics and Materials. pp. 1160-1164. ISSN 1660-9336
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description In Malaysia, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is filled in a heavy steel cylinder and it is widely used for cooking purpose. Due to its dimensions and mass, the delivery men exposed to ergonomics risk factors associated with excessive force that can lead to injury to the back and the shoulders. There are assistive devices can be used to aid the delivery men; however, those devices are not efficient to transport the LPG cylinder to non-elevator apartments. Based on this reason, this study develops a questionnaire to determine design requirements of the assistive device for LPG cylinder handling. Structured interview using questionnaire survey was conducted among 25 delivery men. Based on the questionnaire survey, 76% of the delivery men required an assistive device that is safe, motorized, and push oriented for LPG cylinder handling. This study concluded that the developed questionnaire is reliable to determine design requirements of the assistive device for LPG cylinder handling.
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author Al Amin, Mohamed Sultan
Isa , Halim
Nor Akramin, Mohamad
Febrian, Idral
Taufik, ,
spellingShingle Al Amin, Mohamed Sultan
Isa , Halim
Nor Akramin, Mohamad
Febrian, Idral
Taufik, ,
Development of Questionnaire for Assistive Device Design in LPG Cylinder Handling
author_facet Al Amin, Mohamed Sultan
Isa , Halim
Nor Akramin, Mohamad
Febrian, Idral
Taufik, ,
author_sort Al Amin, Mohamed Sultan
title Development of Questionnaire for Assistive Device Design in LPG Cylinder Handling
title_short Development of Questionnaire for Assistive Device Design in LPG Cylinder Handling
title_full Development of Questionnaire for Assistive Device Design in LPG Cylinder Handling
title_fullStr Development of Questionnaire for Assistive Device Design in LPG Cylinder Handling
title_full_unstemmed Development of Questionnaire for Assistive Device Design in LPG Cylinder Handling
title_sort development of questionnaire for assistive device design in lpg cylinder handling
publishDate 2014
url http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/10528/1/Questionnaire_assitive_device_published.pdf
http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/10528/
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