Malaysian Oil Palm Workers Are in Pain: Hazards Identification and Ergonomics Related Problems

Agricultural activities have always been associated with hazards and injuries. Most common injuries experienced by workers are health, safety and ergonomic injuries. It stems from many causes, such as the use of manual tools, incorrect working position, inadequate rest and overloading. This paper...

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Main Authors:	Nur Syazwani, Mohd Nawi, Baba, M. Deros, Mohd Nizam A., Rahman, Ezrin Hani, Sukadarin, Norani, Nordin
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Published:	2016
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spelling	ump-118792018-09-12T04:15:02Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11879/ Malaysian Oil Palm Workers Are in Pain: Hazards Identification and Ergonomics Related Problems Nur Syazwani, Mohd Nawi Baba, M. Deros Mohd Nizam A., Rahman Ezrin Hani, Sukadarin Norani, Nordin T Technology (General) Agricultural activities have always been associated with hazards and injuries. Most common injuries experienced by workers are health, safety and ergonomic injuries. It stems from many causes, such as the use of manual tools, incorrect working position, inadequate rest and overloading. This paper aims to reveal the daily hazardous work task of oil palm plantation workers with highlighting the ergonomics problems and risk of injury they faced. Observations of work tasks and distribution of Modified Nordic Questionnaire (MNQ) were performed for every work unit. Worker’s activities and posture while performing work tasks were recorded extensively using camera and video recordings for ergonomics analysis. Results from the observation and questionnaire survey conducted, showed that oil palm plantation workers are exposed to the risk of dangerous work every day. Fresh fruit bunches cutter and loose fruit collectors were having highest body pain complaints and almost from them are having low back pain problems. Therefore, it is necessary for an immediate action from the management in order to determine the current prevalence of ergonomic injuries. Using of manual tools should be avoided and plantation workers should be provided with ergonomics machines that can help them reduce their workload and injuries. 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11879/1/Malaysian%20Oil%20Palm%20Workers%20Are%20In%20Pain-%20Hazards%20Identification%20And%20Ergonomics%20Related%20Problems.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/11879/7/Malaysian%20Oil%20Palm%20Workers%20Are%20in%20Pain.pdf Nur Syazwani, Mohd Nawi and Baba, M. Deros and Mohd Nizam A., Rahman and Ezrin Hani, Sukadarin and Norani, Nordin (2016) Malaysian Oil Palm Workers Are in Pain: Hazards Identification and Ergonomics Related Problems. Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, 1. pp. 50-57. http://www.mjphm.org.my/mjphm/journals/2016%20-%20Special%20Volume%20(1)/MALAYSIAN%20OIL%20PALM%20WORKERS%20ARE%20IN%20PAIN%20HAZARDS%20IDENTIFICATION%20AND%20ERGONOMICS%20RELATED%20PROBLE.pdf
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description	Agricultural activities have always been associated with hazards and injuries. Most common injuries experienced by workers are health, safety and ergonomic injuries. It stems from many causes, such as the use of manual tools, incorrect working position, inadequate rest and overloading. This paper aims to reveal the daily hazardous work task of oil palm plantation workers with highlighting the ergonomics problems and risk of injury they faced. Observations of work tasks and distribution of Modified Nordic Questionnaire (MNQ) were performed for every work unit. Worker’s activities and posture while performing work tasks were recorded extensively using camera and video recordings for ergonomics analysis. Results from the observation and questionnaire survey conducted, showed that oil palm plantation workers are exposed to the risk of dangerous work every day. Fresh fruit bunches cutter and loose fruit collectors were having highest body pain complaints and almost from them are having low back pain problems. Therefore, it is necessary for an immediate action from the management in order to determine the current prevalence of ergonomic injuries. Using of manual tools should be avoided and plantation workers should be provided with ergonomics machines that can help them reduce their workload and injuries.
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author	Nur Syazwani, Mohd Nawi Baba, M. Deros Mohd Nizam A., Rahman Ezrin Hani, Sukadarin Norani, Nordin
author_facet	Nur Syazwani, Mohd Nawi Baba, M. Deros Mohd Nizam A., Rahman Ezrin Hani, Sukadarin Norani, Nordin
author_sort	Nur Syazwani, Mohd Nawi
title	Malaysian Oil Palm Workers Are in Pain: Hazards Identification and Ergonomics Related Problems
title_short	Malaysian Oil Palm Workers Are in Pain: Hazards Identification and Ergonomics Related Problems
title_full	Malaysian Oil Palm Workers Are in Pain: Hazards Identification and Ergonomics Related Problems
title_fullStr	Malaysian Oil Palm Workers Are in Pain: Hazards Identification and Ergonomics Related Problems
title_full_unstemmed	Malaysian Oil Palm Workers Are in Pain: Hazards Identification and Ergonomics Related Problems
title_sort	malaysian oil palm workers are in pain: hazards identification and ergonomics related problems
publishDate	2016
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Malaysian Oil Palm Workers Are in Pain: Hazards Identification and Ergonomics Related Problems

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