Ergonomics-Related and Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in A High-Hazard Factory in Hatay Region

Year 2023, Volume: 13 Issue: 1, 36 - 41, 31.01.2023

Mehmet Erdem , Nazan Savaş

https://doi.org/10.16899/jcm.1176447

Abstract

Objectives: The most common work-related diseases are musculoskeletal system disease. This study aims to determine the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) in a high-hazard factory and to determine sociodemographic, occupational, and ergonomic risks.
Methods: The research is cross-sectional and was conducted in a high-hazard factory, in Hatay, in 2017. The research population was all factory employees (N=190), and it was aimed to reach the whole population. Of the (97.3%), 185 employees participated in the study. Anthropometric measurements, the Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Scale, the observation-based Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) Ergonomic Risk Analysis Scale, and a questionnaire developed by the researchers are used for data collection. In the statistical analyses p<0,05was accepted as significant.
Results According to the Cornell Scale, the frequency of WMSDs was 58.9%. The most common WMSDs were in the lumbar region (34.1%). According to the RULA Scale, 31.9% of the employees had 3rd and 4th-degree ergonomic risk. There were linear relationships between the Cornell Waist Score and each of the three RULA scores (p<0.001). The risk factors for WMSDs in the lumbar region were the presence of chronic disease (OR=5.35), hand tool use (OR=2.63), not having had a work accident (OR=0.04) and RULA scores (OR=1.61),
Conclusion: Approximately one-third of the high-hazard factory employees had a high ergonomic risk. WMSDs existed in more than half of the employees. As the ergonomic risk increases, WMSDs increase.

Keywords

Ergonomy, RULA, Work Related Musculo-Skeletal System Disorders

Supporting Institution

The financial support of the study was covered by Scientific Researches and Projects Coordination Unit of Mustafa Kemal University

Project Number

16445

Hatay’da Çok Tehlikeli Sınıfta Bir Fabrikada Ergonomi ve İş ile İlişkili Kas İskelet Sistemi Yakınmaları

Abstract

Amaç: İşle ilgili en sık görülen hastalıklar kas-iskelet sistemi hastalıklarıdır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, çok tehlikeli sınıfta yer alan bir fabrikada işe bağlı kas-iskelet sistemi rahatsızlıklarının İKİSR sıklığını ve sosyodemografik, iş ve ergonomik riskleri belirlemektir.
Yöntem: Araştırma kesitsel tipte olup 2017 yılında yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın evrenini fabrika çalışanlarının tamamı (N=190) oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmaya 185 fabrika çalışanı (%97,3) katılmış olup, verilerin toplanmasında antropometrik ölçümler, Cornell Kas İskelet Sistemi Rahatsızlık Anketi ve Hızlı Üst Ekstremite Değerlendirmesi (RULA) ergonomik risk analizi ölçeğine dayalı gözlem kullanılmıştır. İstatistiksel analizlerde p<0,05 anlamlı olarak kabul edildi.
Bulgular: Cornell Anketine göre İKİSR sıklığı %58,9 idi. En sık İKİSR bel bölgesindeydi (%34,1). RULA Ölçeğine göre çalışanların %31,9'u 3. ve 4. Derece ergonomik risk altındadır. Cornell Bel Skoru ile üç RULA skorunun her biri arasında doğrusal ilişkiler vardı. Bel bölgesinde İKİSR için risk faktörleri; kronik hastalık varlığı (OR=5,35), el aletleri kullanımı (OR=2,63), RULA puanı (OR=1,61) ve iş kazası geçirmemiş olmaktır. (OR=0,04).
Sonuç: Çalışanların yaklaşık üçte birinde yüksek ergonomik risk, yarısından fazlasında ise İKİSR bulunmaktadır. Ergonomik risk arttıkça İKİSR de artar.

Keywords

ergonomi, iş ile ilişkili kas iskelet sistemi yakınmaları, RULA

Project Number

16445

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