Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Redesigned chair to reduce the levels of fatigue in the weighing process in the Quality Control Department: case study on PT. ABC

Abstract 
The growth of the company that focuses on the pharmaceutical sector and medications creates an increasingly competitive competition in Indonesia. The company is expected extra work to meet the needs of the market. As a result, it encourages fatigue in the workers. There are several factors on operator fatigue, physical fatigue is roughly 69. 44%, fatigue of work motivation approximately 60.72% and fatigue due to poor ergonomic working position approximately 71.43%. This study aimed to determine the level of risk posed by the adverse ergonomic chair and work desk in the weighing room. Method of Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) was applied to analyse the problems faced by the company. The data was collected through an observation method on workers by assessing and measuring the body posture of each sample operator. The anthropometry data processing includes the average value, standard deviation, maximum and minimum values, the data uniformity test, the test of data normality, percentile values. The study found that there were approximately 71.43% operators have difficulty in concentrating, pain throughout the body approximately 85.71%, and back pain roughly 85.71%. The study also indicates that the seat has a high level of risk and moderate the level of risk on the table in the weighing department. 

Keywords: Ergonomic, fatigue, anthropometry, work chair, redesign 


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