In Situ Potral Analysis Of Women Construction Workers
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2015
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Abstract
India is one of the largest and the most
important developing countries of the
world. In this country, public health
emphasizes more on communicable
diseases, malnutrition and reproductive
healthcare. Majority of the population is
working in industrial sector. Industrial
revolution as well as globalization is
increasing the burden of occupational
hazards and changing occupational
morbidity drastically. Still occupational
health is seen as a secondary issue while
formulating health policy and healthrelated
programmes. In the construction
industry heavy manual materials handling
tasl^s are performed regularly and a large
number of female labourers are engaged for
these tasks. Almost no attention is paid to
the health and safety aspects of these
construction labourers. The common body
components (body parts) such as the head,
wrist, shoulders, lower back and knee,
followed by upper and lower arm were
afflicted with pain because of the activities
performed by these women construction
wcwkers. The maintenance of posture and
fee support of load are particular examples
of static work. It is evident that both the
upper and lower extremities get affected(with pain/discomfort) due to; thei1 po! sture!
adopted while engaging in aCtiivi'tiis
governing the construction industry.!
Hence an attempt on postural apalysis of|
the workers was done in their|jworkingi
situation using Rapid Ujper Limb^
Assessment (RULA), as RULA can be used i
to assess a particular task or posture for a
single user or group of users 'and assess a
number of different postures duringl a
work cycle to establish a profile of thej
musculoskeletal loading. , f
Keywords: Construction Industry, Women
Construction Workers, Postural Analysi's,
RULA