ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF PACKAGING WORKERS’ POSTURE IN A FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY

This study conducted an ergonomic evaluation of the working posture of workers engaged in various processes in the packaging section of a food manufacturing company. Workers in the packaging section of the food manufacturing company were divided into operating, folding, packing, carton wrapping and...

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Autores principales:	SALAMI OLASUNKANMI ISMAILA, YUSUF ADEYEMI SALAMI, SIDIKATU IBIYEMI KUYE, OLAWALE USMAN DAIRO, NURUDEEN OLATUNDE ADEKUNLE
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Publicado:	Alma Mater Publishing House "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacau 2020
Materias:	RULA ergonomics posture assessment Technology T Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TA1-2040
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b51c3bb969634af9908df2e3ddd9b06c2021-12-02T19:52:49ZERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF PACKAGING WORKERS’ POSTURE IN A FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY10.29081/jesr.v26i1.62068-75592344-4932https://doaj.org/article/b51c3bb969634af9908df2e3ddd9b06c2020-03-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.jesr.ub.ro/1/article/view/6https://doaj.org/toc/2068-7559https://doaj.org/toc/2344-4932 This study conducted an ergonomic evaluation of the working posture of workers engaged in various processes in the packaging section of a food manufacturing company. Workers in the packaging section of the food manufacturing company were divided into operating, folding, packing, carton wrapping and palletizing. Forty of the workers in the packaging section were placed under observation through video recording of their daily activities for a period of three months to obtain their working postures. Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) was used to analyze the working postures in order to obtain their ergonomic risk levels. Computer codes for RULA were written for quick and easy evaluation of upper arm, lower arm, wrist, wrist twist, neck, trunk and leg postures. The results from RULA indicated that 25% of the workers in the operating and folding units were exposed to medium ergonomic risk level; 30% of the workers in the packing unit and 10% of the workers in the carton wrapping unit were exposed to high ergonomic risk level while 10% of the workers in the palletizing unit were exposed to a very high ergonomic risk level. The study concluded that workers in the packaging section of the food manufacturing company were exposed to between medium and very high ergonomic risk levels of working posture necessitating the need to change the conditions of their workstations. SALAMI OLASUNKANMI ISMAILAYUSUF ADEYEMI SALAMISIDIKATU IBIYEMI KUYEOLAWALE USMAN DAIRONURUDEEN OLATUNDE ADEKUNLEAlma Mater Publishing House "Vasile Alecsandri" University of BacauarticleRULAergonomicspostureassessmentTechnologyTEngineering (General). Civil engineering (General)TA1-2040ENJournal of Engineering Studies and Research, Vol 26, Iss 1 (2020)
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topic	RULA ergonomics posture assessment Technology T Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TA1-2040
spellingShingle	RULA ergonomics posture assessment Technology T Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TA1-2040 SALAMI OLASUNKANMI ISMAILA YUSUF ADEYEMI SALAMI SIDIKATU IBIYEMI KUYE OLAWALE USMAN DAIRO NURUDEEN OLATUNDE ADEKUNLE ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF PACKAGING WORKERS’ POSTURE IN A FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY
description	This study conducted an ergonomic evaluation of the working posture of workers engaged in various processes in the packaging section of a food manufacturing company. Workers in the packaging section of the food manufacturing company were divided into operating, folding, packing, carton wrapping and palletizing. Forty of the workers in the packaging section were placed under observation through video recording of their daily activities for a period of three months to obtain their working postures. Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) was used to analyze the working postures in order to obtain their ergonomic risk levels. Computer codes for RULA were written for quick and easy evaluation of upper arm, lower arm, wrist, wrist twist, neck, trunk and leg postures. The results from RULA indicated that 25% of the workers in the operating and folding units were exposed to medium ergonomic risk level; 30% of the workers in the packing unit and 10% of the workers in the carton wrapping unit were exposed to high ergonomic risk level while 10% of the workers in the palletizing unit were exposed to a very high ergonomic risk level. The study concluded that workers in the packaging section of the food manufacturing company were exposed to between medium and very high ergonomic risk levels of working posture necessitating the need to change the conditions of their workstations.
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author	SALAMI OLASUNKANMI ISMAILA YUSUF ADEYEMI SALAMI SIDIKATU IBIYEMI KUYE OLAWALE USMAN DAIRO NURUDEEN OLATUNDE ADEKUNLE
author_facet	SALAMI OLASUNKANMI ISMAILA YUSUF ADEYEMI SALAMI SIDIKATU IBIYEMI KUYE OLAWALE USMAN DAIRO NURUDEEN OLATUNDE ADEKUNLE
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title	ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF PACKAGING WORKERS’ POSTURE IN A FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY
title_short	ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF PACKAGING WORKERS’ POSTURE IN A FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY
title_full	ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF PACKAGING WORKERS’ POSTURE IN A FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY
title_fullStr	ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF PACKAGING WORKERS’ POSTURE IN A FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY
title_full_unstemmed	ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF PACKAGING WORKERS’ POSTURE IN A FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY
title_sort	ergonomic evaluation of packaging workers’ posture in a food manufacturing company
publisher	Alma Mater Publishing House "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacau
publishDate	2020
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ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF PACKAGING WORKERS’ POSTURE IN A FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY

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