Mohd Nawi, Nur Syazwani and Md Deros, Baba and Nordin, Norani (2013) Assessment of Oil Palm Fresh Fruit Bunches Harvesters Working Postures Using Reba. Advanced Engineering Forum, 10. pp. 122-127. ISSN 22349898

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Abstract

Ergonomics has plays an important role to improve occupational health and work productivity in most industries in Malaysia including agriculture. However, most of the workers in Malaysia especially in oil palm plantation do not highlight ergonomics awareness as priority for their safety and health. They still using manual tools and consequently exposed to ergonomics risk factors. The objective of this study is to evaluate working postures during harvesting oil palm fresh fruit bunches. The Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) is used to evaluate risks working postures and movements corresponding to the tasks. From the analysis, it is revealed that most of the oil palm workers were affected by musculoskeletal disorders especially on left and right hand side. Immediate action such as conduct ergonomics training for the workers must be taken to solve this ergonomic problem

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	working postures, oil palm industry, REBA
Subjects:	T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions:	School of Technology Management & Logistics
Depositing User:	Mr. Izhar Hj. Hashim
Date Deposited:	16 Feb 2025 08:32
Last Modified:	16 Feb 2025 08:32
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/32025

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