Causes of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Textile Industry

Henrijs Kalkis; Zenija Roja; Gunta Vaisla; Inara Roja

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-51549-2_9

Causes of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Textile Industry

Henrijs Kalkis (Coresponding Author), Zenija Roja, Gunta Vaisla, Inara Roja

Faculty of European Studies

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Abstract

In Latvia textile industry workers suffer from work-related muscular skeletal disorders (WRMSD). The aim of the research is to study the causes of WRMSDs for the tailor’s profession in a medium- sized enterprise. This research involved 120 tailors. Modified Standardized Nordic questionnaire, Borg Scale of Perceived Exertion, Key indicator method was used for analysis of physical workload during manual handling operations. Main survey results show that tailors suffer from pain in shoulders, wrists and fingers, have repetitive arm movements in sitting compulsory work position. Accordingly to Key indicator method tailors refer to hard work level but Borg scale results indicates the load between a low and sufficiently heavy load. To conclude tailors are exposed to tension in muscles of the wrist, neck and shoulders, due to the repetitive, monotonous movements performed by hands during the sewing process, which are the main causes of WRMSDs in textile industry.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Physical, Social and Occupational Ergonomics - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors, Social and Occupational Ergonomics and Cross-Cultural Decision Making
Editors	Waldemar Karwowski, Ravindra S. Goonetilleke, Shuping Xiong, Richard H.M. Goossens, Atsuo Murata
Publisher	Springer Healthcare
Pages	63-70
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9783030515485
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51549-2_9
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	AHFE Virtual Conference on Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors, the Virtual Conference on Social and Occupational Ergonomics, and the Virtual Conference on Cross-Cultural Decision Making, 2020 - San Diego, United States Duration: 16 Jul 2020 → 20 Jul 2020

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	1215 AISC
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)	2194-5365

Conference

Conference	AHFE Virtual Conference on Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors, the Virtual Conference on Social and Occupational Ergonomics, and the Virtual Conference on Cross-Cultural Decision Making, 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego
Period	16/07/20 → 20/07/20

Keywords*

Forced posture
Load
Sewers
Upper limbs

Field of Science*

3.3 Health sciences

Publication Type*

3.1. Articles or chapters in proceedings/scientific books indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database

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Kalkis, H., Roja, Z., Vaisla, G., & Roja, I. (2020). Causes of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Textile Industry. In W. Karwowski, R. S. Goonetilleke, S. Xiong, R. H. M. Goossens, & A. Murata (Eds.), Advances in Physical, Social and Occupational Ergonomics - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors, Social and Occupational Ergonomics and Cross-Cultural Decision Making (pp. 63-70). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 1215 AISC). Springer Healthcare. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51549-2_9

Kalkis, Henrijs ; Roja, Zenija ; Vaisla, Gunta et al. / Causes of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Textile Industry. Advances in Physical, Social and Occupational Ergonomics - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors, Social and Occupational Ergonomics and Cross-Cultural Decision Making. editor / Waldemar Karwowski ; Ravindra S. Goonetilleke ; Shuping Xiong ; Richard H.M. Goossens ; Atsuo Murata. Springer Healthcare, 2020. pp. 63-70 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Kalkis, H, Roja, Z, Vaisla, G & Roja, I 2020, Causes of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Textile Industry. in W Karwowski, RS Goonetilleke, S Xiong, RHM Goossens & A Murata (eds), Advances in Physical, Social and Occupational Ergonomics - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors, Social and Occupational Ergonomics and Cross-Cultural Decision Making. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 1215 AISC, Springer Healthcare, pp. 63-70, AHFE Virtual Conference on Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors, the Virtual Conference on Social and Occupational Ergonomics, and the Virtual Conference on Cross-Cultural Decision Making, 2020, San Diego, United States, 16/07/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51549-2_9

Causes of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Textile Industry. / Kalkis, Henrijs (Coresponding Author); Roja, Zenija; Vaisla, Gunta et al.

Advances in Physical, Social and Occupational Ergonomics - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors, Social and Occupational Ergonomics and Cross-Cultural Decision Making. ed. / Waldemar Karwowski; Ravindra S. Goonetilleke; Shuping Xiong; Richard H.M. Goossens; Atsuo Murata. Springer Healthcare, 2020. p. 63-70 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 1215 AISC).

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Kalkis H, Roja Z, Vaisla G, Roja I. Causes of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Textile Industry. In Karwowski W, Goonetilleke RS, Xiong S, Goossens RHM, Murata A, editors, Advances in Physical, Social and Occupational Ergonomics - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors, Social and Occupational Ergonomics and Cross-Cultural Decision Making. Springer Healthcare. 2020. p. 63-70. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-51549-2_9

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