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Posture Assessment Among Waste Loading Workers in India

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Waste collection workers are prone to occupational hazards compared to other industrial workers. Out of the various workers engaged in waste collection tasks, waste-loading workers are more susceptible to injuries. Posture analysis and method study are conducted among waste-loading workers. The posture assessment is carried out by RULA and REBA. The assessment carried out in this work pointed out the need for immediate change in the working posture of these workers. Hence, there is a definite need for the development of engineering intervention for these workers. In developing countries, low-cost tools and lifting aids will have better acceptance.

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This work has been carried out with an oral consent from the subjects included in the study. The authors acknowledge the Doctoral Committee members for the ethical approval to conduct this study.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Campus P.O., Kozhikode, Kerala, India

    Francis J. Emmatty & Vinay V. Panicker

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  1. Department of Production Engineering, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Hari Vasudevan

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Vijaya Kumar N. Kottur

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    Amool A. Raina

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Emmatty, F.J., Panicker, V.V. (2019). Posture Assessment Among Waste Loading Workers in India. In: Vasudevan, H., Kottur, V., Raina, A. (eds) Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing and Automation. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2490-1_21

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