An Ergonomics Study on the Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Indian Bus Conductors

Gangopadhyay, Somnath; Dev, Samrat; Das, Tamal; Ghoshal, Goutam; Ara, Tarannum

doi:10.1080/10803548.2012.11076957

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“…Individual factors such as age, gender, weight, height, body mass index, and general health status are also associated with the work-related ailments of drivers [17,20]. This is consistent with our findings regarding significant increase in MSDs with increases in these factors.…”

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“…Our results are lower compared to 60.4% prevalence of LBP among Malaysian commercial vehicle drivers [16]. High prevalence rate (89.3%) of MSDs was found among Nigerian occupational drivers [17,18]. Furthermore, discomfort leading to MSDs mainly affecting the leg (93.3%), knee (83.3%), shoulder (80%) and back areas (56.7%) was reported in bus conductors in India [17].…”

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“…High prevalence rate (89.3%) of MSDs was found among Nigerian occupational drivers [17,18]. Furthermore, discomfort leading to MSDs mainly affecting the leg (93.3%), knee (83.3%), shoulder (80%) and back areas (56.7%) was reported in bus conductors in India [17]. The rates of LBP were 64.5%, and 54% in Nigeria [19] and India [18], respectively.…”

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Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Risk Factors among Truck Drivers at the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company

Khalil¹

2017

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An observational cross-sectional study was conducted on 283 truck drivers and 100 work site controls at the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC). All participants were males with experience ranged from 5 to 35 years. Clinical evaluation consisted of an assessment of social habits and demographic data and risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders MSDs. Relatedness of MSDs with risk factors between the two groups was checked by univariate and multivariate analyses. 42% of the occupational drivers reported back pain and only 7.2% reported legs pain. These prevalence rates were significantly higher than those found among clerical workers (37.7% and 3.8%, respectively). Elevated incidences of pain in lumbar vertebrae, shoulder, and knee were recorded. Musculoskeletal pain significantly increased with age, weight, sitting posture and overwork. Surveyed truckers were found to have significant issues affecting their health; hemorrhoidectomy (9.84%), thyroidectomy (7.56%), disc surgery (4.37%), and varicosity (3.28%). These findings may help researchers to develop interventions to improve emotional and occupational health of health of truck drivers. It is recommended to improve the truck drivers working conditions to avoid or reduce their problems.

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Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Risk Factors among Truck Drivers at the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company

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“…The same ailment was described by Gangopadhyay and Dev [194] and Gangopadhyay et al [195] among bus drivers in India, which worsened job Fernández-D'Pool et al [196] used the NMQ and other methods to study MSD among bus drivers for a public university. The MSD from greater to lesser importance were neck, lower back, upper back, and knees.…”

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Applications of the Standardized Nordic Questionnaire: A Review

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Sustainability seeks to provide economically viable products in an environmentally friendly way while respecting worker rights. Physical wellbeing forms part of these rights. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) diminish productivity, cause absence from work, impose costs on the public health system and can cast doubt on the sustainability of a company or a product. The objective of the present work is to review the literature on the application of the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) on a worldwide level. In this work, the use of the NMQ has been classified by categories of knowledge, countries and years. The search was made using "Web of Science-Core Collection". In total, 259 articles were chosen from scientific journals and conferences related, according to the title and or abstract, to the practical application of the questionnaire. In conclusion, the NMQ has been applied mainly in three sectors: "activities related to treating human health and social issues", "manufacturing industries", and "agriculture, livestock, fishing, and forestry". The NMQ is an indirect method commonly used individually or complemented with other methods for evaluating the MSD and possible associated psychosocial and labour risks. The use of NMQ can help in the evaluation of the sustainability of a company.

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“…During this stage, data collection among operators under study was performed with a self-administrated questionnaire based on previous studies, such as Deros, Daruis, and Basir (2015), Banibrata, Tirthankar, and Somnath (2012), Mad Isa, Baba, Sahani, and Ismail (2014), and Somnath, Samrat, Tamal, Goutam, and Tarannum (2012).…”

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Ergonomics risk assessment among maintenance operators in a Tunisian railway company: A case study

Sebti

Boulila

Hamza

2019

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Railway truck maintenance plays a crucial role for rail transport. It aims at ensuring the availability of the equipment and the safety of the operations. However, maintenance activities often involve uncommon work and nonroutine tasks and it is obvious that maintenance operators are more threatened than other employees to be exposed to various hazards in their workplace. In Tunisia, the prevalence of occupational accidents and injuries among maintenance workers is not well documented. The target of this cross‐sectional study is to assess ergonomics risks associated with maintenance activities in a railway company. Data collection was carried out through a self‐administrated questionnaire and via direct observations. The Body Parts Symptom Survey (BPSS) was used to identify the discomfort level of the workers. More than 100 maintenance operators working in nine different workshops were involved in this study. From BPSS results, this paper proposed a new method to calculate the discomfort index related to each body part in order to calculate the global discomfort index (GDI) for each workshop. Results showed that the most hazardous workshop was rail‐car maintenance workshop (GDI = 43.06). Four main tasks were assessed with normalized score. Final scores were found to be extremely high. To remedy the raised problems, new adjustable workstations were proposed, which showed a considerable improvement on workers’ postures.

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An Ergonomics Study on the Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Indian Bus Conductors

Cited by 24 publications

References 12 publications

Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Risk Factors among Truck Drivers at the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company

Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Risk Factors among Truck Drivers at the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company

Applications of the Standardized Nordic Questionnaire: A Review

Ergonomics risk assessment among maintenance operators in a Tunisian railway company: A case study

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