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Occupational Risk Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste Collectors in a City Subdivision in the Philippines

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Advances in Physical, Social & Occupational Ergonomics (AHFE 2020)

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According to Philippine statistics report in 2013, majority of the Philippines’ solid wastes come from residential areas. Solid waste collection workers are regularly exposed to risks of occupational injuries and work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). With the aim of assessing the occupational risks of municipal solid waste collectors, this study was conducted in a city subdivision in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Workers were asked to answer the Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire and an occupational risk survey. Images of worker postures taken during their work were analyzed using the Rapid Entire Body Assessment. Risk factors for possible occupational injuries were determined. Results showed that gathering trash, giving trash to segregators, and garbage segregating exposed the workers to poor postures with high to very high risk. Open wounds were most likely to occur. Recommendations for both subdivisions and contractors were provided in order to mitigate the risks identified.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the QC EPWMD, one of its contractors for solid waste collection (name redacted for privacy), and the North Susana Executive Village Subdivision for this study would not have been possible without their help.

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  1. College of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of the Philippines – Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

    Jose Raymund Z. Apostol Jr., Jerika Danielle F. Clemente, Adrienne Camille R. Diaz de Rivera, Joaquin Miguel A. Javier & Benette P. Custodio

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Correspondence to Adrienne Camille R. Diaz de Rivera .

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  1. Industrial Engineering and Management System, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Waldemar Karwowski

  2. Department IELM, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Ravindra S. Goonetilleke

  3. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea (Republic of)

    Shuping Xiong

  4. Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

    Richard H. M. Goossens

  5. Okayama University, Okayama, Japan

    Atsuo Murata

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Apostol, J.R.Z., Clemente, J.D.F., de Rivera, A.C.R.D., Javier, J.M.A., Custodio, B.P. (2020). Occupational Risk Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste Collectors in a City Subdivision in the Philippines. In: Karwowski, W., Goonetilleke, R., Xiong, S., Goossens, R., Murata, A. (eds) Advances in Physical, Social & Occupational Ergonomics. AHFE 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1215. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51549-2_15

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