Journal of a Sustainable Global South
Vol 7 No 2 (2023): August 2023

Rapid Entire Body Assessment for Work Posture’s Analysis of A Pig Farmer in Bali: A Preliminary Study

Ni Made Hari Sugiantini (Udayana University)
Ni Ketut Guru Prapti (Udayana University)
Nyoman Agus Jagat Raya (Udayana University)
I Kadek Saputra (Udayana University)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Aug 2023

Abstract

Traditional pig farmers have a high potential and intensity of exposure to ergonomic hazards. Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) is one of the universal instruments relied upon to assess the ergonomic hazards of work postures. This study aimed to analyze the work postures of traditional pig farmer in Bali. This research is a preliminary study with an observational approach. One pig farmer was involved in this study. REBA was used to analyze the subject's work posture, including finding the risk category of the work posture performed. The subject data were analyzed to obtain each group's score consisting of a score of 6 for group A analysis, 5 in group B, 8 in group C, and 2 additional scores. The results showed that the pig farmer had a high-risk work posture, with a work posture’s score of 10. Reba in this study has the potential to comprehensively analyze the subject's posture. Further investigation of work posture among traditional pig farmers are recommended using REBA.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JSGS

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Subject

Arts Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture Public Health Social Sciences

Description

JSGS (Journal of A Sustainable Global South) [E-ISSN 2622-058X | P-ISSN 2579-6062 | DOI 10.24843] is a refereed journal which reflecting current problems of global development - climate change, geographic restructuring, migration, adaptive urbanism, social justice and other dominant issues, the ...