Research Article

Assessing Ergonomic Risks in Worker Postures: The Case of Belt Conveyor Assembly

Volume: 6 Number: 1 June 30, 2025
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Assessing Ergonomic Risks in Worker Postures: The Case of Belt Conveyor Assembly

Abstract

In the study, the working conditions that challenged the employees during the assembly process in a factory where a belt conveyor was manufactured were analyzed using the REBA method. As a result of the evaluations, these challenging working postures were examined in seven stages. It was observed that the employees performed the assembly process primarily in squatting and heavily leaning postures. While the REBA score was recorded as 2 in the six stages related to assembling the carrier rollers onto the chassis of the conveyor belt, the highest REBA score, 13, was found in the seventh stage, which involved assembling the electric motor. It was recommended that the assembly operations be conducted on a movable platform with adjustable length and height, and that an additional platform capable of horizontal movement be used during the assembly of the electric motor. This approach would improve the risk protect for workers and help safeguard their health.

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Ethical Statement

An Ethics Committee Approval Certificate was obtained with the decision dated 28.06.2024 and numbered E.781681 from the Scientific Ethics Review Board of Selçuk University Faculty of Agriculture.

Thanks

The authors would like to thank KDM Makina.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Agricultural Machine Systems, Agricultural Engineering (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

June 27, 2025

Publication Date

June 30, 2025

Submission Date

September 25, 2024

Acceptance Date

December 5, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 6 Number: 1

APA
Hacıseferoğulları, H., & Şaşkin, H. (2025). Assessing Ergonomic Risks in Worker Postures: The Case of Belt Conveyor Assembly. Turkish Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, 6(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.46592/turkager.1556155
AMA
1.Hacıseferoğulları H, Şaşkin H. Assessing Ergonomic Risks in Worker Postures: The Case of Belt Conveyor Assembly. TURKAGER. 2025;6(1):1-14. doi:10.46592/turkager.1556155
Chicago
Hacıseferoğulları, Haydar, and Hasan Şaşkin. 2025. “Assessing Ergonomic Risks in Worker Postures: The Case of Belt Conveyor Assembly”. Turkish Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research 6 (1): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.46592/turkager.1556155.
EndNote
Hacıseferoğulları H, Şaşkin H (June 1, 2025) Assessing Ergonomic Risks in Worker Postures: The Case of Belt Conveyor Assembly. Turkish Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research 6 1 1–14.
IEEE
[1]H. Hacıseferoğulları and H. Şaşkin, “Assessing Ergonomic Risks in Worker Postures: The Case of Belt Conveyor Assembly”, TURKAGER, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1–14, June 2025, doi: 10.46592/turkager.1556155.
ISNAD
Hacıseferoğulları, Haydar - Şaşkin, Hasan. “Assessing Ergonomic Risks in Worker Postures: The Case of Belt Conveyor Assembly”. Turkish Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research 6/1 (June 1, 2025): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.46592/turkager.1556155.
JAMA
1.Hacıseferoğulları H, Şaşkin H. Assessing Ergonomic Risks in Worker Postures: The Case of Belt Conveyor Assembly. TURKAGER. 2025;6:1–14.
MLA
Hacıseferoğulları, Haydar, and Hasan Şaşkin. “Assessing Ergonomic Risks in Worker Postures: The Case of Belt Conveyor Assembly”. Turkish Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, vol. 6, no. 1, June 2025, pp. 1-14, doi:10.46592/turkager.1556155.
Vancouver
1.Haydar Hacıseferoğulları, Hasan Şaşkin. Assessing Ergonomic Risks in Worker Postures: The Case of Belt Conveyor Assembly. TURKAGER. 2025 Jun. 1;6(1):1-14. doi:10.46592/turkager.1556155

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