Development of Drudgery Reducing Tools for the Workers in Food Processing Enterprises
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Aprajita Kumari
Department of Family Resource Management, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, Punjab, India.
Harpinder Kaur
Department of Family Resource Management, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, Punjab, India.
Abstract
Food processing is a drudgery prone activity and exposes the workers to several musculoskeletal discomforts. The present study was conducted to identify the most drudgery prone activities in micro, small and medium scale food processing enterprises and thereafter develop the tools to reduce the drudgery. For testing the feasibility of tools, 15 respondents were selected and they were allowed to work with and without the tool, and their responses were recorded. Results revealed that all the developed tools were acceptable by the respondents on musculoskeletal factors, grip fatigue, physical stress factors, work output factors, tool factors and acceptability factors.
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Discomforts, drudgery, food processing, manual material handling, workers
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Mali SC, Vyavahare RT. An ergonomic evaluation of an industrial workstation: A review. Inter J Current Engg and Tech. 2015;5:1820-26.
Ramsey J, Dang B, Habes D. Ergonomic evaluation of workers at a cabinet mill and assembly plant. Health Hazard Evaluation Report. Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pennsylvania; 2008.