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Assessment of Ergonomic Risk Factors of Manual Material Handling in the Ship Diesel Engine Assembling Processes  

Kim, Boo Wook (Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, Inje University)
Kim, Sun Ja (Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, Inje University)
Shin, Yong Chul (Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, Inje University)
Kim, Hyun Dong (Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, Inje University)
Woo, Ji Hoon (Department of Preventive and Occupational Medicine, Pusan National University)
Kang, Dong mug (Department of Preventive and Occupational Medicine, Pusan National University)
Lee, Hyun seok (Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, Inje University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene / v.15, no.3, 2005 , pp. 153-159 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess the ergonomic risks of lifting tasks in a marine diesel engine manufacturing industry using the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health(NIOSH) Revised Lifting Equation(NLE). Average Lifting Index(LI=Weight of Load/Recommended Weight Limit) of a total number of 45 lifting tasks was $1.6{\pm}0.7$. The LIs were above 1 at 34 tasks(75.6%), and above 2 at 11 tasks(24.4%). Parts management showed the highest average LI value (LI=2.3) in all departments, which resulted from high frequency and heave load of lifting. The common and significant ergonomic risk factors in the processes were the heavy weight of diesel engine parts and the long horizontal distance. In addition, some lifting tasks had such potential risk factors as the long vertical distance, the high frequency of lifts or the long work duration.
Keywords
musculoskeletal disorders; manual material lifting; Revised Lifting Equation; recommended weight limit; RWL; lifing index; LI;
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