The Work Station Improvement by Ergonomics Principle to Reduce Fatigue from Work of Worker’s in Smoked Rubber Sheets Processing
DOI: 10.14416/j.ind.tech.2024.08.012
Keywords:
Ergonomics, Fatigue, Smoked Rubber Sheets, RULA, REBA, PiperAbstract
This research aimed to assess health problems, ergonomics, and fatigue from work to improve workstations by comparing personal and environmental factors and comparing the ergonomics risk and fatigue from work before and after improving the workstation. The sample comprises workers in a rubber smoked sheet processing factory from Maireang rubber plantation fund cooperation in Chawang District, Nakhonsithammarat Province. The results showed that the Abnormality Index (AI) score was a value to be careful of and it is an unacceptable value. So, it must be corrected immediately. It should improve the workstation, meanwhile, the mean value of RULA was 10, while the REBA was 13, indicating ergonomic problems that required workstation improvement. The Piper fatigue assessment indicated a score of 139 and an average of 6.32, signifying that the worker experienced moderate levels of fatigue from work. From presenting a guideline to improve the workstation by designing a rubber sheet conveying tool that uses the body size data of the sample. Personal factors, environmental factors, and tool evaluation results of experts in terms of an average of 4.20 which is a very reasonable level. The results showed that fatigue and work-related risks, assessed by ergonomic principles, decreased from a RULA score of 10 to 7 and a REBA score from 13 to 6.67. This indicates that there are still unresolved issues in the work environment that require further investigation and improvement. The score was an average of 6.32 down to 4.80. By comparing the results, there was a decrease in the score level due to improvements made to the workstation based on the ergonomics principle.
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