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dc.contributor.authorIsa, Halim
dc.contributor.authorAbdul Rahman, Omar, Ir. Prof. Dr. Hj.
dc.contributor.authorAhmad Rasdan, Ismail, Ir.
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-28T02:04:25Z
dc.date.available2012-04-28T02:04:25Z
dc.date.issued2011-12
dc.identifier.citationThe Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia, vol. 72(4), 2011, pages 47-57en_US
dc.identifier.issn0126-513X
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.myiem.org.my/content/iem_journal_2011-306.aspx
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.unimap.edu.my/123456789/18979
dc.descriptionLink to publisher's homepage at http://www.myiem.org.my/en_US
dc.description.abstractIn the new era of world industrialization, ergonomics plays an important role to improve occupational health and productivity in most industries including small and medium industries (SMIs). However, SMIs in Malaysia do not put any priority on ergonomics awareness, for an example, by not designing the workstation ergonomically. As a consequence, operators are exposed to various ergonomic risk factors and prone to have ergonomic injuries. The objectives of this study are to evaluate working posture, muscle activity, and oxygen consumption while operators perform metal stamping process in a workstation, before and after the workstation is modified. The Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA), surface electromyography (SEMG), and oxygen analyser are used to evaluate working posture, muscle activity, and oxygen consumption respectively. Results of evaluations found that the modified workstation has reduced the physiological stress such as extreme posture, work/loading in the muscles as well as energy expenditure. The study concluded that an ergonomic workstation design can contribute significantly to improve physiological performance of the operators.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM)en_US
dc.subjectMetal Stamping Processen_US
dc.subjectMuscle activityen_US
dc.subjectOxygen consumptionen_US
dc.subjectWorkstation designen_US
dc.subjectWorking postureen_US
dc.titlePosture, muscle activity and oxygen consumption evaluations among metal stamping operators: A pilot study in Malaysian small and medium industriesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.urlisahalim@gmail.comen_US


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