Perception of Musculoskeletal Disorders and Ergonomic Risk in Pulp and Paper Production Industrial Workers

Abstract

          This study was a cross-sectional descriptive researchwhich aimed to investigate the perception of workers and
their musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and Ergonomic Risk, in Pulp and Paper Production Industry.Data were collected by
using structural questionnaires of perceptionof MSDs byself-report and ergonomics risk assessments: Rapid upper limb
Assessment (RULA), Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA), and Rapid Office Strain Assessment (ROSA) byworkappropriate
157 workers participated. The perception levels of musculoskeletal disorders most workers had mild level (47.29%), and
followed by middlelevel (6.9%). And first four part of body were neck 66.24%, lower back 64.33 and shoulder 62.42%.
The ergonomics risk assessment by three methodsshowed that by using RULA method, theergonomics riskswere at
moderate and high level (30.4%) followed by very high level (21.7%). REBA indicatedthat the ergonomics risks were at very
high level (56.4%) and high level (41.8%). ROSA method was used for assessment in process office and office workers, the
results showed that most risks were at the medium level (77.3%), and the high level (22.7%). In conclusion,workers’
perception level of MSDs by self-report shown that most of the workers had low perception level, while ergonomic risk assessment by observation indicate in the same workers found that most of the workers had a high to very high risk
level. Therefore, this paper not considerate results of risk evaluation for MSD self-assessment and observation together
yet. This should be study together or do an in-depth in form of health risk assessment to prevent and surveillance
for musculoskeletal disorders.