Analysis of Musculoskeletal Disorder Risk in Cotton Garment Industry Workers

Das, Subrata; Moorthy, Muthukumar Krishna; Shanmugaraja, Keerthana

doi:10.1080/15440478.2022.2162182

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“…Recommended sizes for sewing workstations are sewing desk height has a considerable impact on arm posture. According to study [21]: (1) The front/back sewing distance must be adjusted to 140mm towards the sewing operator; and (2) A sewing table with a 10° slope to the sewing direction should be utilized in the sewing workspace. (3) The sewing table's height must be set between 762 mm and 787 mm from the ground level.…”

Section: Assessment Of Repetitive Task (Art)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ergonomic Assessment of Sewing Machine Operators to Minimize Musculoskeletal Disorders

Muslimah,

Ulfa Permatasari,

Nugroho

et al. 2024

SHS Web Conf.

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Garment industry sewing involves 8 hours of sitting in an unnatural, uncomfortable position that can lead to muscle pain and injuries. This study aims to evaluate complaints and risks of MSDs in sewing work in the garment industry. Identify complaints using the Nordic Body Map (NBM) and Assessment of Repetitive Task (ART) methods. Based on the results of identification with NBM of sewing operators, it was found that the body parts where complaints occurred were the waist at 89%, the right calf at 61%, the buttocks at 53%, and the back at 50% from a total of 36 sewing operators. The results of analysis using the Assessment of Repetitive Task (ART) method show that all sewing operators experience musculoskeletal disorders in the moderate level exposure category so that further review of the sewing workstation is needed. The recommended improvement is in the form of improving posture to reduce the complaints felt. Relevance for industry: this study focuses on sewing work-related factors and other risk factors, which will help researchers to better understand the risk of MSDs in the garment industry. These risk factors must be considered when creating and implementing ergonomic aspects to prevent and reduce musculoskeletal discomfort.

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Section: Assessment Of Repetitive Task (Art)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Labor-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) are a common workplace health concern among sewing, ironing, and packaging workers, and they can be caused by the manual and repetitive nature of the garment industry's labor [1]. The same working posture can result in symptoms in specific areas of the body.…”

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confidence: 99%

Ergonomic Assessment of Sewing Machine Operators to Minimize Musculoskeletal Disorders

Muslimah,

Ulfa Permatasari,

Nugroho

et al. 2024

SHS Web Conf.

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“…Common MSDs are Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Tendonitis, Muscle/Tendon strain, Ligament Sprain, Tension Neck Syndrome, Thoracic Outlet Compression, Rotator Cuff Tendonitis, Epicondylitis, Radial Tunnel Syndrome, Digital Neuritis, Trigger Finger/Thumb, DeQuervain's Syndrome, Mechanical Back Syndrome, Degenerative Disc Disease, Ruptured/Herniated Disc, and many more [ 3 ]. Other common names for MSDs are “repetitive motion injury”, “repetitive stress injury”, “overuse injury”, and many more [ 4 ]. On the other hand, vision problems mean that a person's eyesight cannot be corrected to a “normal” level or the eyes of a person do not see objects as clearly as usual [ 5 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%