Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Health (JIHOH)
Vol 2, No 2 (2018): Safety Culture to Improve The Quality of Human Life

POSTURE ANALYSIS OF MANUAL HANDLING AT PT. X’S WORKSHOP BY REBA METHOD

Abdan Majid (Universitas Darussalam Gontor)
Dian Afif Arifah (Universitas Darussalam Gontor)



Article Info

Publish Date
19 Apr 2018

Abstract

PT. X is one of company engaged in mining contracting, infrastructure, heavy mining equipment providers, and as a place to maintain heavy equipment unit. Workshop Area is a place to do some checking process of unit feasibility and completeness. One of the high risk activity at the workshop of PT. X is manual handling. The repeatedly manual handling will caused muscle disorder and forced worker phisics to extra work. REBA method used to analyze the hazard risk of the activity. This study using observational analytic and involving 6 workers of the different jobs as sample. Results of this study shows that the risk level of manual handling activities in every production is medium, so work position need to be changed to avoid musculoskeletal disorders. Keyword: manual handling; REBA; musculoskeletal disorders

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JIHOH

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Subject

Control & Systems Engineering Environmental Science Health Professions Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Public Health

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The journal primarily publishes original research articles but also welcomes review papers, short communications, commentaries on pressing issues, and case studies. Topics of high priority include: Occupational health and safety Industrial hygiene Ergonomics Fire protection systems Accident ...