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Vol. 7, Issue 2 (2019)

Musculoskeletal disorders in masonry workers


Author(s): Babita Verma and Manjulata Mishra

Abstract: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has identified that WMDs are one of the leading occupational health problem of construction workers. To collect the relevant data, simple multistage random sampling technique was used and total 50 respondents having the age above 30 years and experience of minimum five years were interviewed. It was found that most of MSD symptoms were reported in hand / wrist followed by knee/leg and back among mason workers. Forcefulness of muscle repetition of work and posture were most existing risk factor of MSD with highest mean value in upper extremities whereas statistic standing posture for lower extremities and standing working posture for back was fond to be most existing risk factor of MSD among the mason workers.

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How to cite this article:
Babita Verma, Manjulata Mishra. Musculoskeletal disorders in masonry workers. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(2):873-874.
 

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