ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF PACKAGING WORKERS’ POSTURE IN A FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY
This study conducted an ergonomic evaluation of the working posture of workers engaged in various processes in the packaging section of a food manufacturing company. Workers in the packaging section of the food manufacturing company were divided into operating, folding, packing, carton wrapping and...
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This study conducted an ergonomic evaluation of the working posture of workers engaged in various processes in the packaging section of a food manufacturing company. Workers in the packaging section of the food manufacturing company were divided into operating, folding, packing, carton wrapping and palletizing. Forty of the workers in the packaging section were placed under observation through video recording of their daily activities for a period of three months to obtain their working postures. Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) was used to analyze the working postures in order to obtain their ergonomic risk levels. Computer codes for RULA were written for quick and easy evaluation of upper arm, lower arm, wrist, wrist twist, neck, trunk and leg postures. The results from RULA indicated that 25% of the workers in the operating and folding units were exposed to medium ergonomic risk level; 30% of the workers in the packing unit and 10% of the workers in the carton wrapping unit were exposed to high ergonomic risk level while 10% of the workers in the palletizing unit were exposed to a very high ergonomic risk level. The study concluded that workers in the packaging section of the food manufacturing company were exposed to between medium and very high ergonomic risk levels of working posture necessitating the need to change the conditions of their workstations.
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| spelling | doaj-art-c1e792c18e934c1aa7907e3ecd7707182025-02-09T11:37:42ZengAlma Mater Publishing House "Vasile Alecsandri" University of BacauJournal of Engineering Studies and Research2068-75592344-49322020-03-01261ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF PACKAGING WORKERS’ POSTURE IN A FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANYSALAMI OLASUNKANMI ISMAILA0YUSUF ADEYEMI SALAMI1SIDIKATU IBIYEMI KUYE2OLAWALE USMAN DAIRO3NURUDEEN OLATUNDE ADEKUNLE4Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, NigeriaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, NigeriaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, NigeriaDepartment of Agricultural and Bio-Resources Engineering, Federal University of Abeokuta, Abeokuta, Ogun State, NigeriaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria This study conducted an ergonomic evaluation of the working posture of workers engaged in various processes in the packaging section of a food manufacturing company. Workers in the packaging section of the food manufacturing company were divided into operating, folding, packing, carton wrapping and palletizing. Forty of the workers in the packaging section were placed under observation through video recording of their daily activities for a period of three months to obtain their working postures. Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) was used to analyze the working postures in order to obtain their ergonomic risk levels. Computer codes for RULA were written for quick and easy evaluation of upper arm, lower arm, wrist, wrist twist, neck, trunk and leg postures. The results from RULA indicated that 25% of the workers in the operating and folding units were exposed to medium ergonomic risk level; 30% of the workers in the packing unit and 10% of the workers in the carton wrapping unit were exposed to high ergonomic risk level while 10% of the workers in the palletizing unit were exposed to a very high ergonomic risk level. The study concluded that workers in the packaging section of the food manufacturing company were exposed to between medium and very high ergonomic risk levels of working posture necessitating the need to change the conditions of their workstations. https://jesr.ub.ro/index.php/1/article/view/6RULAergonomicspostureassessment |
| spellingShingle | SALAMI OLASUNKANMI ISMAILA YUSUF ADEYEMI SALAMI SIDIKATU IBIYEMI KUYE OLAWALE USMAN DAIRO NURUDEEN OLATUNDE ADEKUNLE ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF PACKAGING WORKERS’ POSTURE IN A FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY Journal of Engineering Studies and Research RULA ergonomics posture assessment |
| title | ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF PACKAGING WORKERS’ POSTURE IN A FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY |
| title_full | ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF PACKAGING WORKERS’ POSTURE IN A FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY |
| title_fullStr | ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF PACKAGING WORKERS’ POSTURE IN A FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY |
| title_full_unstemmed | ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF PACKAGING WORKERS’ POSTURE IN A FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY |
| title_short | ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF PACKAGING WORKERS’ POSTURE IN A FOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY |
| title_sort | ergonomic evaluation of packaging workers posture in a food manufacturing company |
| topic | RULA ergonomics posture assessment |
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