TY - GEN
T1 - Investigation of the Usage of Oil Palm Harvesting Tools on Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders of Lower Limb
AU - Mohamaddan, Shahrol
AU - Andrew-Munot, Magdalene
AU - Tanjong, Shirley Johnathan
AU - Dawal, Siti Zawiah Md
AU - Case, Keith
AU - Hanafusa, Akihiko
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is funded by UNIMAS MyRA Special Grant Schemes [Grant no: F02/SpSTG/1385/16/27]. The a uthors would like to thank Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) for providing facilities for this research.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 ECBIOS 2021. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Worker’s health and safety are important for the plantation’s sustainable development. In the oil palm industry, the harvester is exposed to work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) during the fresh fruit bunch (FFB) harvesting process. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of harvesting tools namely chisel, pole, and loading spike towards WMSDs on harvester’s lower limb. Rapid Upper Limb Analysis (RULA) in the CATIA and Human Musculoskeletal Model Analysis (HMMA) in the AnyBody software was applied to model and simulate the harvester’s movement during the harvesting process. The RULA simulation results indicated that the harvester’s lower limbs were exposed to WMSDs where further investigation and changes were required immediately. HMMA results indicated that the Gastrocnemius Medialis muscle had the highest mean muscle force. This study is important as an early ergonomics intervention for occupational health.
AB - Worker’s health and safety are important for the plantation’s sustainable development. In the oil palm industry, the harvester is exposed to work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) during the fresh fruit bunch (FFB) harvesting process. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of harvesting tools namely chisel, pole, and loading spike towards WMSDs on harvester’s lower limb. Rapid Upper Limb Analysis (RULA) in the CATIA and Human Musculoskeletal Model Analysis (HMMA) in the AnyBody software was applied to model and simulate the harvester’s movement during the harvesting process. The RULA simulation results indicated that the harvester’s lower limbs were exposed to WMSDs where further investigation and changes were required immediately. HMMA results indicated that the Gastrocnemius Medialis muscle had the highest mean muscle force. This study is important as an early ergonomics intervention for occupational health.
KW - HMMA
KW - Manual harvesting
KW - Oil palm
KW - RULA
KW - Sustainable development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85124885182&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85124885182&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ECBIOS51820.2021.9510258
DO - 10.1109/ECBIOS51820.2021.9510258
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85124885182
T3 - 3rd IEEE Eurasia Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare and Sustainability, ECBIOS 2021
SP - 41
EP - 44
BT - 3rd IEEE Eurasia Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare and Sustainability, ECBIOS 2021
A2 - Meen, Teen-Hang
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 3rd IEEE Eurasia Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare and Sustainability, ECBIOS 2021
Y2 - 28 May 2021 through 30 May 2021
ER -