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Analysis of Ergonomics Risk Factor Among Cobblers at Jabalpur, India

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

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This research study focused on the different ergonomic risk factor for work-related Musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) in the job of Cobblers at Jabalpur, India. With the prospect of improving the occupational health risk and safety of the workers involved in this profession. A large number of people associated with this profession in India and in this sector occupational ergonomic issues of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are a big problem and a threat to this profession. In order to ensure the objectives are met, the different methodology was used, such as still photography and video photography were used to record different activities. Different types of tools like Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA), Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA), and OWAS were used. Psychophysical measures were investigated by RPE scale and VAS. After the all analysis the result indicating that the tasks in this profession are in the high-risk and demands immediate ergonomic intervention in the form of re-design of the tools used and workstation or/and the design of the work process.

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Acknowledgement is to all the cobblers who supported and participated in this study.

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  1. Ergonomics Lab, Design Discipline, Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, India

    Pappu Sharma & Anugrah Engras Bara

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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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Sharma, P., Bara, A.E. (2020). Analysis of Ergonomics Risk Factor Among Cobblers at Jabalpur, India. 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_48

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