Assessment of postures and manual handling of loads at Southern Brazilian Foundries
Foundry workers are exposed to health risks arising from several factors, especially weight handling, adopted postures, and taken routes. This paper aims to evaluate the postures and cargo handling in foundry areas of industries at the south region of Brazil. Data was collected from a population of...
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| author | Eduardo Concepción-Batiz Antonio José dos Santos Ana Lúcia Berretta-Hurtado Marcelo Macedo Eliane Terezinha Schmitz-Mafra |
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Foundry workers are exposed to health risks arising from several factors, especially weight handling, adopted postures, and taken routes. This paper aims to evaluate the postures and cargo handling in foundry areas of industries at the south region of Brazil. Data was collected from a population of 35 workers that volunteered to take part in the research. The techniques used include an organizational questionnaire, interviewing, the Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire, and the REBA and NIOSH methods. It was found that 74.3% of the sample reported symptoms of discomfort and pain in different parts of the body. The lumbar region appeared as the most affected part, as well as wrists, hands and fingers. The REBA method results indicated that 78.9% of analyzed postures are between medium and very high risk levels. Likewise, 100% of shipments surveyed carried risks of injury in the spine and musculoskeletal ligament system.
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| spelling | doaj.art-f87884b270dd497c8370e2b88a1084052023-03-23T12:30:35ZengUniversidad de AntioquiaRevista Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquia0120-62302422-28442016-03-017810.17533/udea.redin.n78a03Assessment of postures and manual handling of loads at Southern Brazilian FoundriesEduardo Concepción-Batiz0Antonio José dos Santos1Ana Lúcia Berretta-Hurtado2Marcelo Macedo3Eliane Terezinha Schmitz-Mafra4UNISOCIESCUNISOCIESCUNISOCIESCFederal University of Santa CatarinaUNISOCIESC Foundry workers are exposed to health risks arising from several factors, especially weight handling, adopted postures, and taken routes. This paper aims to evaluate the postures and cargo handling in foundry areas of industries at the south region of Brazil. Data was collected from a population of 35 workers that volunteered to take part in the research. The techniques used include an organizational questionnaire, interviewing, the Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire, and the REBA and NIOSH methods. It was found that 74.3% of the sample reported symptoms of discomfort and pain in different parts of the body. The lumbar region appeared as the most affected part, as well as wrists, hands and fingers. The REBA method results indicated that 78.9% of analyzed postures are between medium and very high risk levels. Likewise, 100% of shipments surveyed carried risks of injury in the spine and musculoskeletal ligament system. https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/21817occupational biomechanics ergonomicsnordic musculoskeletal questionnaireREBA methodcargo handling |
| spellingShingle | Eduardo Concepción-Batiz Antonio José dos Santos Ana Lúcia Berretta-Hurtado Marcelo Macedo Eliane Terezinha Schmitz-Mafra Assessment of postures and manual handling of loads at Southern Brazilian Foundries Revista Facultad de Ingeniería Universidad de Antioquia occupational biomechanics ergonomics nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire REBA method cargo handling |
| title | Assessment of postures and manual handling of loads at Southern Brazilian Foundries |
| title_full | Assessment of postures and manual handling of loads at Southern Brazilian Foundries |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of postures and manual handling of loads at Southern Brazilian Foundries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of postures and manual handling of loads at Southern Brazilian Foundries |
| title_short | Assessment of postures and manual handling of loads at Southern Brazilian Foundries |
| title_sort | assessment of postures and manual handling of loads at southern brazilian foundries |
| topic | occupational biomechanics ergonomics nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire REBA method cargo handling |
| url | https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/21817 |
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