Ergonomics observation: harvesting tasks at oil palm plantation
Objectives: Production agriculture is commonly associated with high prevalence of ergonomic injuries, particularly during intensive manual labor and during harvesting. This paper intends to briefly describe an overview of oil palm plantation management highlighting the ergonomics problem each of the...
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| author | Ng, Yee Guan Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri Md Yusoff, Irwan Syah Mori, Ippei Hashim, Zailina |
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| description | Objectives: Production agriculture is commonly associated with high prevalence of ergonomic injuries, particularly during intensive manual labor and during harvesting. This paper intends to briefly describe an overview of oil palm plantation management highlighting the ergonomics problem each of the breakdown task analysis. Methods: Although cross-sectional field visits were conducted in the current study, insight into past and present occupational safety and health concerns particularly regarding the ergonomics of oil palm plantations was further exploited. Besides discussion, video recordings were extensively used for ergonomics analysis. Results: The unique commodity of oil palm plantations presents significantly different ergonomics risk factors for fresh fruit bunch (FFB) cutters during different stages of harvesting. Although the ergonomics risk factors remain the same for FFB collectors, the intensity of manual lifting increases significantly with the age of the oil palm trees-weight of FFB. Conclusions: There is urgent need to establish surveillance in order to determine the current prevalence of ergonomic injuries. Thereafter, ergonomics interventions that are holistic and comprehensive should be conducted and evaluated for their efficacy using approaches that are integrated, participatory and cost-effective. |
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| spelling | upm-422532016-04-12T06:38:09Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42253/ Ergonomics observation: harvesting tasks at oil palm plantation Ng, Yee Guan Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri Md Yusoff, Irwan Syah Mori, Ippei Hashim, Zailina Objectives: Production agriculture is commonly associated with high prevalence of ergonomic injuries, particularly during intensive manual labor and during harvesting. This paper intends to briefly describe an overview of oil palm plantation management highlighting the ergonomics problem each of the breakdown task analysis. Methods: Although cross-sectional field visits were conducted in the current study, insight into past and present occupational safety and health concerns particularly regarding the ergonomics of oil palm plantations was further exploited. Besides discussion, video recordings were extensively used for ergonomics analysis. Results: The unique commodity of oil palm plantations presents significantly different ergonomics risk factors for fresh fruit bunch (FFB) cutters during different stages of harvesting. Although the ergonomics risk factors remain the same for FFB collectors, the intensity of manual lifting increases significantly with the age of the oil palm trees-weight of FFB. Conclusions: There is urgent need to establish surveillance in order to determine the current prevalence of ergonomic injuries. Thereafter, ergonomics interventions that are holistic and comprehensive should be conducted and evaluated for their efficacy using approaches that are integrated, participatory and cost-effective. Japan Society for Occupational Health 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42253/1/Ergonomics%20observation%20harvesting%20tasks%20at%20oil%20palm%20plantation.pdf Ng, Yee Guan and Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri and Md Yusoff, Irwan Syah and Mori, Ippei and Hashim, Zailina (2013) Ergonomics observation: harvesting tasks at oil palm plantation. Journal of Occupational Health, 55 (5). pp. 405-414. ISSN 1341-9145; ESSN: 1348-9585 https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/joh/55/5/55_13-0017-FS/_article 10.1539/joh.13-0017-FS |
| spellingShingle | Ng, Yee Guan Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri Md Yusoff, Irwan Syah Mori, Ippei Hashim, Zailina Ergonomics observation: harvesting tasks at oil palm plantation |
| title | Ergonomics observation: harvesting tasks at oil palm plantation |
| title_full | Ergonomics observation: harvesting tasks at oil palm plantation |
| title_fullStr | Ergonomics observation: harvesting tasks at oil palm plantation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ergonomics observation: harvesting tasks at oil palm plantation |
| title_short | Ergonomics observation: harvesting tasks at oil palm plantation |
| title_sort | ergonomics observation: harvesting tasks at oil palm plantation |
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