Analysis and Design of Jobs for Control of Cumulative Trauma Disorders: Plastic Forks/Spoons Packing Job

• Main Authors: Law, P.L, Ng, Chee Khoon, Ha, How Ung, Lau, Hieng Ho
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia 2005
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11084/1/Law%20Puong.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11084/

Cumulative trauma disorders caused by repetitive hand and arm movements were studied in this paper for a plastic forks/spoons packing job. The job was categorised into several work elements associated with the trunk, hand and arm motions. The number of motions were then counted for each eight-hour...