A low-cost and efficient participatory ergonomic intervention to reduce the burden of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in an industrially developing country: an experience report

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Autor(a) principal: Bernardes, Joao Marcos [UNESP]
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Ruiz-Frutos, Carlos, Moro, Antonio Renato Pereira, Dias, Adriano [UNESP]
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2019.1577045
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/195247
Resumo: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are the first cause of occupational illness in Brazil and the number of cases in the industrial sector has increased progressively in the last 6 years. In order to prevent WMSDs, workplace ergonomics interventions are frequently implemented worldwide. This article describes the implementation strategy of a participatory ergonomic intervention conducted in the quality control department of a medium-sized Brazilian garment company. The intervention was carried out based on the nine steps presented by Vink, Imada and Zinck, and workers' exposure to risk factors was investigated using the rapid upper limb assessment method. A low-tech and low-cost solution that successfully reduced workers' exposure to WMSD risk factors was proposed, prototyped, tested and, finally, introduced. Participatory ergonomic interventions can be a feasible and effective approach to reduce the exposure to work-related risk factors for WMSDs in industrially developing countries.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A low-cost and efficient participatory ergonomic intervention to reduce the burden of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in an industrially developing country: an experience report
title A low-cost and efficient participatory ergonomic intervention to reduce the burden of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in an industrially developing country: an experience report
spellingShingle A low-cost and efficient participatory ergonomic intervention to reduce the burden of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in an industrially developing country: an experience report
Bernardes, Joao Marcos [UNESP]
cumulative trauma disorders
ergonomics
participatory ergonomics
developing countries
case reports
title_short A low-cost and efficient participatory ergonomic intervention to reduce the burden of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in an industrially developing country: an experience report
title_full A low-cost and efficient participatory ergonomic intervention to reduce the burden of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in an industrially developing country: an experience report
title_fullStr A low-cost and efficient participatory ergonomic intervention to reduce the burden of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in an industrially developing country: an experience report
title_full_unstemmed A low-cost and efficient participatory ergonomic intervention to reduce the burden of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in an industrially developing country: an experience report
title_sort A low-cost and efficient participatory ergonomic intervention to reduce the burden of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in an industrially developing country: an experience report
author Bernardes, Joao Marcos [UNESP]
author_facet Bernardes, Joao Marcos [UNESP]
Ruiz-Frutos, Carlos
Moro, Antonio Renato Pereira
Dias, Adriano [UNESP]
author_role author
author2 Ruiz-Frutos, Carlos
Moro, Antonio Renato Pereira
Dias, Adriano [UNESP]
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Univ Huelva
Univ Espiritu Santo
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Bernardes, Joao Marcos [UNESP]
Ruiz-Frutos, Carlos
Moro, Antonio Renato Pereira
Dias, Adriano [UNESP]
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv cumulative trauma disorders
ergonomics
participatory ergonomics
developing countries
case reports
topic cumulative trauma disorders
ergonomics
participatory ergonomics
developing countries
case reports
description Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are the first cause of occupational illness in Brazil and the number of cases in the industrial sector has increased progressively in the last 6 years. In order to prevent WMSDs, workplace ergonomics interventions are frequently implemented worldwide. This article describes the implementation strategy of a participatory ergonomic intervention conducted in the quality control department of a medium-sized Brazilian garment company. The intervention was carried out based on the nine steps presented by Vink, Imada and Zinck, and workers' exposure to risk factors was investigated using the rapid upper limb assessment method. A low-tech and low-cost solution that successfully reduced workers' exposure to WMSD risk factors was proposed, prototyped, tested and, finally, introduced. Participatory ergonomic interventions can be a feasible and effective approach to reduce the exposure to work-related risk factors for WMSDs in industrially developing countries.
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