Volume : II, Issue : VIII, August - 2013

A Literature Review On MSDs Using Ergonomic Body Assessment Tools: RULA And REBA

Himanshu Chaudhary, Jaswinder Singh

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Work related Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) is the most common problem occurring in the Manual Material Handling (MMH) industries and effected the body muscles of the workers. Activities having risk of musculoskeletal disorders are linked to the on-site worker productivity. Work MSDs is one of the most typical problems occurring in the industries and has significantly affected the body parts. This is caused by the unawareness about proper working methods by the worker. In order to assessing these MSDs, RULA and REBA tools are used to calculate the risk associated with the activities. This assessment is helpful in improving worker knowledge in ergonomic applications and their safety measures. In this paper, the past studies done on the assessment of musculoskeletal disorders using these tools, procedure involved in scoring risk factors and evolved with conclusion that MSDs is a area of concern in industries has been discussed.

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Himanshu Chaudhary, Jaswinder Singh A Literature Review On MSDs Using Ergonomic Body Assessment Tools: RULA And REBA International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 2, Issue : 8 August 2013

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