Ergonomics and manual handling workplace improvement: a case study of firefighter at Pagoh

• Main Authors: Mahmood, Salwa, Nasir, Siti Hana, Mamat, Norashid, Abdul Rahman, Ismail, Azis, Noorul Azreen
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7231/1/P13880_6e986c8cf3898aeeabec3070a6082cd2.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7231/; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4115-2_46

Firefighter are constantly at risk since they are directly exposed to various physical factors, harmful chemicals and mental stress during rescue and fire-fighting. In fire extinguishing, unstable posture is one of the possible hazardous factors and contribute to high ergonomic risk factor. Due t...