Asian Journal of Home Science

Ranima Saikia ¹

Affiliations
1 College of Home Science, Central Agricultural University, Tura (Meghalaya), IN

Abstract

The study was conducted to find out the musculoskeletal discomfort perceived by vegetable and fruit sellers while performing the activities to complete the whole process of selling from procuring the goods till handing it over to the buyers. A total of 50 sellers within the age group of 18 to 50 years from West Garo Hills are considered for the study. Findings revealed that the respondent’s involved in selling of vegetables and fruits felt discomfort ranging from moderate to severe. The perceiving of moderate to severe pain in different parts of the body may lead to musculoskeletal disorder. Hence, for ergonomic intervention to prevent musculoskeletal disorder at the early stage database related to perceived discomfort is essential.

Keywords

Musculoskeletal Problems, Body Map, Pain, Upper Body Parts, Lower Body Parts.

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Ranima Saikia ¹

Affiliations
1 College of Home Science, Central Agricultural University, Tura (Meghalaya), IN

Abstract

The research was carried out to study the drudgery index of the various activities carried out by the perishable good sellers while doing the job of selling fish, poultry and mutton/pork. A total of 75 sellers were considered from three daily markets under Tura Municipal Board, West Garo Hills, Meghalaya. The findings show that among the fish sellers cutting of descaled fishes into pieces is the most drudgery prone activity. Cutting the dressed poultry into pieces and slaughtering of animals are the maximum drudgery prone activities among the poultry and mutton/pork sellers, respectively. Therefore, there is the need for such research studies which will further help the researchers who are dealing with designing of work stations and ergonomic tools to reduce the workload of the workers involved in drudgery prone activities.

Keywords

Drudgery, Drudgery Index, Time Spent, Frequency Score, Difficulty Score.

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Ranima Saikia ¹

Affiliations
1 College of Community Science, Central Agricultural University, Tura, West Garo Hills (Meghalaya), IN

Abstract

The study was conducted to know the work related musculoskeletal discomfort perceived by the Poultry, Mutton and Pork sellers. The findings of the study show that the sellers are found involved in various activities while selling poultry, mutton and pork and most of the activities are performed by cent per cent of the sellers. While performing these activities the sellers reported that they feel moderate to very severe pain in different body parts.

Keywords

Postures, Body map, Musculoskeletal pain

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