Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (한국산업보건학회지)

Korean Industrial Hygiene Association (한국산업보건학회)
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Risk Assessment and Symptoms of Musculoskeletal Disorders in Melon Farm Workers

시설참외 재배작업의 근골격계 위험도 및 자각증상 호소율

  • 김경수 (농촌진흥청 농업과학기술원 농촌자원개발연구소) ;
  • 김경란 (농촌진흥청 농업과학기술원 농촌자원개발연구소) ;
  • 김효철 (농촌진흥청 농업과학기술원 농촌자원개발연구소) ;
  • 이경숙 (농촌진흥청 농업과학기술원 농촌자원개발연구소)
  • Received : 2006.07.14
  • Accepted : 2006.11.30
  • Published : 2006.12.31
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Abstract

A high prevalence of farmer's work-related musculoskeletal disorders(MSDs) have been reported in precedent studies. To offer the basic data for reducing the melon farmer's MSDs, a questionnaire survey about MSDs symptoms and work loaded body part and video analysis by 3 checklist(REBA, RULA, OWAS) for musculoskeletal risk assessment were carried. 94 melon farmers for this questionnaire and 1 typical farm for risk assessment were participated. A total of 80.9% of the farmers reported musculoskeletal symptoms and 60.6% reported musculoskeletal symptoms over NIOSH standard. The mainly symptom body part is low back, knee and shoulders. Main risk factors in melon farm are awkward postures, heavey/frequent lifting and repetitive hand/arm motions. The high risk tasks induced by video analysis were harvesting, removing the sprouts and covering with rags. These result can be used practically for planning intervention strategy and programs to prevent farmer's MSDs.

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