Title: Effect of ergonomics on workers' performance in Indian small-scale industry

Authors: Rohit Sharma; Parveen Sharma; Soyal Mohammed

Addresses: School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara – 144411, Punjab, India ' School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara – 144411, Punjab, India ' School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara – 144411, Punjab, India

Abstract: The worker's daily work-related musculoskeletal condition is becoming a problem in India. As of now, the research is being carried out physically in the majority of small and medium enterprises along these lines, the problems of business-related musculoskeletal clutters and injury in different body locations are of major concern. Postural examination tool utilising REBA is connected for evaluation, which demonstrates that the workers are working to a great extent. The investigation was conducted on 30 employees working in the small-scale industry. Subsequently it was inferred that; there is an absence of ergonomics mindfulness and comprehension in the small-scale enterprises. Assessment utilising postural examination REBA demonstrates that the specialists are working to a great extent. The working levels of the workers are having very clumsy stances. Therefore, the workers were told not to be in a bad posture and to change their postures in order to get rid of musculoskeletal problems.

Keywords: ergonomics; small scale industry; posture analysis; rapid entire body assessment; REBA.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSSCA.2021.120577

International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage, 2021 Vol.13 No.4, pp.393 - 411

Received: 28 Feb 2020
Accepted: 15 Oct 2020
Published online: 26 Jan 2022 *