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Posture, muscle activity and oxygen consumption evaluations among metal stamping operators: A pilot study in Malaysian small and medium industries

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Main Authors: Isa, Halim, Abdul Rahman, Omar, Ir. Prof. Dr. Hj., Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail, Ir.
Other Authors: isahalim@gmail.com
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Language:English
Published: The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) 2012
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Metal Stamping Process
Muscle activity
Oxygen consumption
Workstation design
Working posture
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/18979
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spelling my.unimap-189792013-01-17T02:51:12Z Posture, muscle activity and oxygen consumption evaluations among metal stamping operators: A pilot study in Malaysian small and medium industries Isa, Halim Abdul Rahman, Omar, Ir. Prof. Dr. Hj. Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail, Ir. isahalim@gmail.com Metal Stamping Process Muscle activity Oxygen consumption Workstation design Working posture Link to publisher's homepage at http://www.myiem.org.my/ In the new era of world industrialization, ergonomics plays an important role to improve occupational health and productivity in most industries including small and medium industries (SMIs). However, SMIs in Malaysia do not put any priority on ergonomics awareness, for an example, by not designing the workstation ergonomically. As a consequence, operators are exposed to various ergonomic risk factors and prone to have ergonomic injuries. The objectives of this study are to evaluate working posture, muscle activity, and oxygen consumption while operators perform metal stamping process in a workstation, before and after the workstation is modified. The Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA), surface electromyography (SEMG), and oxygen analyser are used to evaluate working posture, muscle activity, and oxygen consumption respectively. Results of evaluations found that the modified workstation has reduced the physiological stress such as extreme posture, work/loading in the muscles as well as energy expenditure. The study concluded that an ergonomic workstation design can contribute significantly to improve physiological performance of the operators. 2012-04-28T02:04:25Z 2012-04-28T02:04:25Z 2011-12 Article The Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia, vol. 72(4), 2011, pages 47-57 0126-513X http://www.myiem.org.my/content/iem_journal_2011-306.aspx http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/18979 en The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM)
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topic Metal Stamping Process
Muscle activity
Oxygen consumption
Workstation design
Working posture
spellingShingle Metal Stamping Process
Muscle activity
Oxygen consumption
Workstation design
Working posture
Isa, Halim
Abdul Rahman, Omar, Ir. Prof. Dr. Hj.
Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail, Ir.
Posture, muscle activity and oxygen consumption evaluations among metal stamping operators: A pilot study in Malaysian small and medium industries
description Link to publisher's homepage at http://www.myiem.org.my/
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Isa, Halim
Abdul Rahman, Omar, Ir. Prof. Dr. Hj.
Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail, Ir.
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author Isa, Halim
Abdul Rahman, Omar, Ir. Prof. Dr. Hj.
Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail, Ir.
author_sort Isa, Halim
title Posture, muscle activity and oxygen consumption evaluations among metal stamping operators: A pilot study in Malaysian small and medium industries
title_short Posture, muscle activity and oxygen consumption evaluations among metal stamping operators: A pilot study in Malaysian small and medium industries
title_full Posture, muscle activity and oxygen consumption evaluations among metal stamping operators: A pilot study in Malaysian small and medium industries
title_fullStr Posture, muscle activity and oxygen consumption evaluations among metal stamping operators: A pilot study in Malaysian small and medium industries
title_full_unstemmed Posture, muscle activity and oxygen consumption evaluations among metal stamping operators: A pilot study in Malaysian small and medium industries
title_sort posture, muscle activity and oxygen consumption evaluations among metal stamping operators: a pilot study in malaysian small and medium industries
publisher The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM)
publishDate 2012
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/18979
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