Proactive risk assessment and management tools for manual handling in manufacturing paving blocks
Merry Siska, -; Afdhal Helmansyah Bakar; Vera Devani, -; Misra Hartati, -; Rika Taslim, -; M. Ihsan Hamdy · UIN Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau
This study was conducted on a business unit that manually manufactured paving blocks which led to injuries involving musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Data obtained from the Nordic body map of four workers, showed that 14.81% failed to fall sick, 40.74% were partly sick, 36.3% were sick, and 3.7 very sick. This study, therefore, proposed a RAMP (risk as…