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Work place discomfort and risk factors for construction site workers

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Problems: heavy repetitive work in construction work place creates MSD problems and chemicals like cement, fly ash, asbestos dust reacts with skin and creates skin problems. In machinery works like Welding harms eye and skin. Carpentry and Machinery work tools are highly risk and gives cuts and wound in hand and leg. Motivation: construction work is full of danger and hazardous. The socioeconomic life of construction site labors are also not good. The mortality rate is also high. As per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2019), more than 12,500 workers lost their lives while working on construction sites in the US between 2003 and 2016. Solution: so more research is required to redesign work place and tools of construction site for saving human life. A study is essential to find more risk factors in construction site work. So a survey is conducted by designing a questionnaire with experts suggestion and extensive literature review to find the Occupational health and safety problems of construction site Workers in India and ergonomic analysis is done by OWAS (Ovako Working posture Assessment System) in Ergo fellow 3.0 to find workplace discomfort level in construction site of India followed by MCDM methods like WASPAS(weighted aggregated sum product assessment).

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I would like to thank to Editors, review members for their valuable suggestion and like to thank all the construction site workers for their active participation in my research.

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Appendices

Appendix 1: Questionnaire

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Hazards dropping from extreme

2

Hazards due to use of tools and machines

3

Accident due to building transport

4

Accidents by manual tools

5

Hazards owed by electricity

6

exposure to hazardous chemicals

7

Exposure to dust, fume

8

Contact with Mold and Fungi., Sewage., Airborne pathogens such as the common cold

9

Contact with blood and body fluids

10

Injury due to Stinging insects., harmful plants., animal and bird droppings

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hazards include noise and vibration, barometric pressure

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Exposure to utmost climate

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Frequent or heavy lifting

14

Fixed or inconvenient position of work

15

Actuation, propulsion, and loading massive physical object, and defective Work method

16

Repetitive, forced, or prolonged exertions

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Restricted motion

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Psychosocial stress and strain were due to long working hours

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Lower wages,job uncertainty

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Exploitation by labour contractor, gender discrimination, sexual harassment

Appendix 2: Abbreviation

Abbreviation

MSD

Musculoskeletal disorders

OWAS

Ovako working posture assessment. System

GDP

Gross domestic product

ILO

International labour organization

WMSD

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders

WASPAS

Weighted aggregated sum and product assessment

MCDM

Multicrieria decision making

Appendix 3: Factor Analysis

Varimax rotation

Variable

Factor1 (c5,c6c9)

Factor2 (7,8,15)

Factor3 (1,2,3)

Factor4 (4,17)

Factor5 (14,18)

Factor6 (11,13)

Communality

V1

  

0.598

   

0.757

V2

  

0.594

   

0.543

V3

  

0.793

   

0.703

V4

   

− 0.766

  

0.684

V5

0.834

     

0.747

V6

0.603

     

0.699

V7

 

0.673

    

0.583

V8

 

0.636

    

0.681

V9

0.676

     

0.624

V11

     

− 0.764

0.66

V13

     

− 0.686

0.705

V14

    

− 0.658

 

0.595

V15

 

0.763

    

0.704

V17

   

− 0.755

  

0.606

V18

    

− 0.709

 

0.587

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Satapathy, S. Work place discomfort and risk factors for construction site workers. Int J Syst Assur Eng Manag 13, 668–680 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13198-021-01322-5

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