Prevalence of cumulative trauma disorders among office workers in a semiconductor industry

The health records of the employees in a semiconductor industry showed a drastic increase of musculoskeletal disorders for 2007 compared to 2005 and 2006. This may have a significant effect not only to the employees but also to the organization. If these problems remain unsolved, this may lead to po...

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Main Authors: Mohd Yusuff, Rosnah, Abdullah, Airing Zairose
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9305/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9305/1/ID%209305.pdf
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description The health records of the employees in a semiconductor industry showed a drastic increase of musculoskeletal disorders for 2007 compared to 2005 and 2006. This may have a significant effect not only to the employees but also to the organization. If these problems remain unsolved, this may lead to poor work performance, increase medical leave, lower productivity and increase of health compensation claims. A study was conducted to determine the existence of cumulative trauma disorders among the office employees, identi-fy level of severity and what are the probable factors that contribute to cumulative trauma disorders. A survey questionnaire, interviews and observation methods were used to identify the problems and to provide recom-mendations to prevent or rapidly response to work related upper limb disorders. Based on these probable fac-tors, some suggestions and recommendations were proposed to reduce cumulative trauma disorders risks.
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spelling upm-93052015-01-22T09:11:54Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9305/ Prevalence of cumulative trauma disorders among office workers in a semiconductor industry Mohd Yusuff, Rosnah Abdullah, Airing Zairose The health records of the employees in a semiconductor industry showed a drastic increase of musculoskeletal disorders for 2007 compared to 2005 and 2006. This may have a significant effect not only to the employees but also to the organization. If these problems remain unsolved, this may lead to poor work performance, increase medical leave, lower productivity and increase of health compensation claims. A study was conducted to determine the existence of cumulative trauma disorders among the office employees, identi-fy level of severity and what are the probable factors that contribute to cumulative trauma disorders. A survey questionnaire, interviews and observation methods were used to identify the problems and to provide recom-mendations to prevent or rapidly response to work related upper limb disorders. Based on these probable fac-tors, some suggestions and recommendations were proposed to reduce cumulative trauma disorders risks. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9305/1/ID%209305.pdf Mohd Yusuff, Rosnah and Abdullah, Airing Zairose (2010) Prevalence of cumulative trauma disorders among office workers in a semiconductor industry. In: 9th Pan Pacific Conference on Ergonomics (PPCOE 2010), 7-10 Nov. 2010, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. . Overuse injuries Semiconductor industry
spellingShingle Overuse injuries
Semiconductor industry
Mohd Yusuff, Rosnah
Abdullah, Airing Zairose
Prevalence of cumulative trauma disorders among office workers in a semiconductor industry
title Prevalence of cumulative trauma disorders among office workers in a semiconductor industry
title_full Prevalence of cumulative trauma disorders among office workers in a semiconductor industry
title_fullStr Prevalence of cumulative trauma disorders among office workers in a semiconductor industry
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of cumulative trauma disorders among office workers in a semiconductor industry
title_short Prevalence of cumulative trauma disorders among office workers in a semiconductor industry
title_sort prevalence of cumulative trauma disorders among office workers in a semiconductor industry
topic Overuse injuries
Semiconductor industry
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9305/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9305/1/ID%209305.pdf