The comparison of ergonomics postures assessment methods in rubber sheet production

Author

Wintachai, P. ; Charoenchai, N.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Eng., Chiang Mai Univ., Chiang Mai, Thailand

fYear

2012

fDate

10-13 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

1257

Lastpage

1261

Abstract

The aim of this work is to study and compare the postural assessment by using Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA), REBA (Rapid Entire Body Assessment) and Ovako Working Analysis System (OWAS) methods. According to the working process, 25 operators (18 males and 7 females from the north-eastern of Thailand) working in 9 processes, it can be seen that most working postures were repetitive and the workstation caused uncomfortable working conditions. The first step of the research is to record working postures by camera and then the hazardous postures were assessed by RULA, REBA and OWAS. The results of the study showed that working postures in rubber sheet production contained high RULA, REBA and OWAS scores.

Keywords

employee welfare; ergonomics; pose estimation; production engineering computing; rubber industry; sheet materials; OWAS; REBA method; RULA method; camera; ergonomics posture assessment methods; hazardous postures; north-eastern Thailand; ovako working analysis system; rapid entire body assessment method; rapid upper limb assessment method; rubber sheet production; working conditions; working postures; working process; Ergonomics; Force; Muscles; Open wireless architecture; Production; Risk management; Rubber; OWAS; Postures Assessment; REBA; RULA;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEEM.2012.6837945

Filename

6837945