Ergonomic assessment for work-related musculoskeletal disorders: a case study on office workers in two government organisations in the United Arab Emirates

In-Ju Kim

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2024, vol. 47, issue 3, 334-353

Abstract: This study investigated the pervasiveness of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) amongst office workers from two government organisations (A and B) in the United Arab Emirates. The primary data were collected by self-administrative questionnaire (SAQ), Nordic musculoskeletal survey, and ergonomic assessments with the Rapid Office Strain Assessment (ROSA) checklists. The SAQ survey from organisation A showed that the respondents' most common pain was the neck (80.00%), whilst organisation B was lower back (78.57%). According to the ROSA results, 86.49% of the respondents in organisation B required ergonomic investigations, whilst 61.76% in organisation A worked under the risk warning regions.

Keywords: ergonomic assessment; musculoskeletal disorders; MSDs; Rapid Office Strain Assessment; ROSA; work-related musculoskeletal disorders; WMSD; office workers; United Arab Emirates; UAE. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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