THE RISK ASSESSMENT TO WORKING POSTURE AND FATIGUE OF SOLID WASTE COLLECTORS IN U-THONG DISTRICT, SUPHANBURI PROVINCE

Abstract

The purpose of this research was studied to risk assessment to posture and fatigue from solid waste collectors working including to factors related to fatigue caused by work in U-thong District, Suphanburi province. The data collection was used to questionnaire about the personal data, rapid entire body assessment form (REBA method) and body discomfort assessment form.

The result of risk to posture of solid waste collectors working showed 3 processes. The first process was solid waste dumping into the back truck found that a high level of risk which should be improved 69.4%, the second process was lifting the trash found that medium level of risk which should be improved 51.6% and the third process was trash cart found that medium level of risk which should be improved 45.2%. The result of fatigue caused by work found that a high fatigue level was right lower back muscle followed by the left lower back muscle respectively. The risk factors, include exercise and smoking and the working factors, include work experience and working time correlated with fatigue caused by work at significant level (Sig. = 0.05). Therefore, the behavior should be adjusted accordingly to prevent abnormalities of the Skeletal and muscular dysfunction by the work of the waste collectors.