Manan G. Pandya
Darshak A. Desai
Abstract
Musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) affects maximum workforce and remain a vast form of occupational hazards. With a view to reduce MSDs this paper focuses on the study of musculoskeletal disorder and different methods to reduce the MSDs. Ergonomics is very important in any industry to minimize the risk associated with the task. Variation in demand of the product force the worker to work faster which tends to improper use of methods which will increase the risk of an MSD. The purpose of this review paper is to enlighten various risk assessment techniques to measure the musculoskeletal disorder.
Keywords- Musculoskeletal disorder, Ergonomics, Risk assessment techniques