Ergonomic Evaluation of Industrial Tasks in Indian Electronics Industries

Tarwinder Singh, Jaswinder Singh

Abstract: Work related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), low back injuries and bad body postures are the most common problems occurring in the electronic industries. The aim of this study was to estimate the risks of work related MSDs. In this paper, the impact of bad body postures on MSDs was found out using postural analysis tools. The RULA & REBA methods were used to find out the scores of working postures.

Keywords: Ergonomic Evaluation of Industrial tasks, Postural analysis, RULA, REBA, DELMIA