Journal of Innovation Research and Knowledge
Vol. 1 No. 3: Agustus 2021

ERGONOMIC ANALYSIS OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEM AND FATIGUE AMONG CATERING WORKERS

Devi Prabhasanti (Magister Ergonomic Udayana University)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Aug 2021

Abstract

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are condition including muscle which exaggerated by stress and repetitive or static position for a long time, meanwhile fatigue is body protection mechanism. Those two problems had been known as risk to workers and affected their productivity. An ergonomic analyzed included task, organization and environment needed to decrease and prevent of work musculoskeletal problem and fatigue among the workers, because those will affect their focus, productivity, worsen if there any injury and disability. This observational study aims to evaluate ergonomic analysis to musculoskeletal problem and fatigue to catering workers industry at Denpasar Bali. Samples of this study were catering workers, observes done by writer based on ergonomic analysis in aspect task, organization and environment. Musculoskeletal problem measured by Nordic Body Map (NBM) and fatigue assessed used questionnaire by Japan Association Industrial Health (JAIH). Data analysis used SPSS. Due to condition, in the catering industry their task divided good, but for the break time of workers too short and the environment not find ergonomic standard in the lighting, noise and safety equipment. Parametric and non-parametric test musculoskeletal problem and fatigue pre work and after work among the workers shown significant difference (p<0,05). Therefore, ergonomic standard for the environment in the catering work industry need to improve for prevent of musculoskeletal problem and fatigue among catering workers.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JIRK

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Subject

Humanities Economics, Econometrics & Finance Education Health Professions Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

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Journal of Innovation Research and Knowledge, published by Bajang Institute. Published in two formats, print and online, print version of ISSN: 2798-3471 and the online version of ISSN: 798-3641, both of which are published every month. The scope of the journal studies broadly includes: Culture (a ...