Ergonomics and manual handling workplace improvement: a case study of firefighter at Pagoh
Firefighter are constantly at risk since they are directly exposed to various physical factors, harmful chemicals and mental stress during rescue and fire-fighting. In fire extinguishing, unstable posture is one of the possible hazardous factors and contribute to high ergonomic risk factor. Due t...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7231/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7231/1/P13880_6e986c8cf3898aeeabec3070a6082cd2.pdf |
| Summary: | Firefighter are constantly at risk since they are directly exposed to various
physical factors, harmful chemicals and mental stress during rescue and fire-fighting.
In fire extinguishing, unstable posture is one of the possible hazardous factors and
contribute to high ergonomic risk factor. Due to manual handling and lack of proper
standard operation procedure, firefighter are at risk of developing musculoskeletal
disorders problem such as awkward postures. This paper identify ergonomics risk
factor that may cause harm to firefighter during rolling of fire hose. This study
was conducted in Pagoh fire station. In order to achieve those aims, observational
method was used by applying Ergonomic Risk Assessment (ERA).The Failure Mode
and Effect Analysis (FMEA) method is used by calculating the severity, occurrence
and failure detection which has rating score from one (1) to ten (10). Then, the risk
priority number (RPN) was calculated to get the highest priority number which led
to identification of ergonomic risk factor. A set of questionnaire was distributed to
20 firefighter located at Pagoh fire station for analyzing the ergonomic risk factor
and compared to the FMEA result. The result of the analysis shows 56% of the
respondent experienced awkward posture during handling of fire hose. The result of
the questionnaire was compared to the highest RPN value from FMEA to obtain the
solution on ergonomic workplace improvement at Pagoh fire station. In addition, a
new tool that is expected to improve the ergonomic and manual handling of firefighter
was proposed. |
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