Author(s):

Kavita Narwal and Neha Mishra

Abstract: A forge smith is a person who forges, or shapes, metal by first heating it until it is red-hot, then uses tools like chisels and hammers to force the metal into the shape he desires, and the process is known as Forging. Combined with a heavy physical workload, it results in a high frequency of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Work related musculoskeletal disorders are series of painful disorders of muscles, tendons and nerves. The present study was aimed to evaluate the musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) of 120 workers who are engaged in forging work using the posture analysis tool REBA Method. A video showing the different activities of the workers was shot and the snapshots were taken from it for the analysis. The final score of REBA during various working activities of maximum workers were found to be very high which need immediate action to be taken. Further to check whether action categories of REBA has some relation with different activities performed by the workers, test of significance is used and it was found that action categories of REBA postural analysis technique are dependent on various activities performed by forge smiths. The present Study recommended the awareness and proper ergonomics training to the workers.

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