Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Shop Floor Industry Workers in Hingna, Nagpur

Abstract

Work related musculoskeletal problems have gained major popularity from the last twenty to thirty years. Every individual works for good earning. When we talk about production-based industries they work on a time management basis and target oriented production each day. A working definition of fatigue is “inability to function at one’s optimum level, because physical and mental exertion [of all walking activities, not only work] exceeds existing capacity. Many factors contribute to fatigue like Intensity and duration of work, and inadequate sleep that is required to recover. Studies show that fatigue and WMSDs have an interactive effect. Prevention of WMSDs can be done by recognizing the most important individual and excluding the causative factors from the workplace. Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire [NMQ] is the most popular questionnaire used to evaluate WMSDs. [7].This study is conducted to check the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among the shop floor industry workers in Nagpur. WMSDs reduce productivity at work and contribute to sick leave, accounting for approximately 34% of time lost in a year. The purpose of this study was to know the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Methodology: An observational study with a cross-sectional study design was carried out at tractor manufacturing unit among 260 shop floor workers for six months which included shop floor workers from 18 to 40 years, not on a probation period, and having fracture Recent trauma, Unwilling employee, An employee has medical conditions.

Conclusion: This study concludes that after data collection, 79.9% workers have experienced musculoskeletal discomfort in the past 12 months. Low back pain was found to be the highest symptom followed by knees, ankle/feet and neck. The results show that repetitive task is associated with prevalence of WMSD’S.

Discussion: The result is very important to help the industries in designing their work to improve workers productivity and at the same time reducing the risk of WMSDs. The result of this study will be used to further investigate the relationship between the WMSDs risk and work productivity among workers performing industrial repetitive tasks.