STUDY AND VALIDATION OF BODY POSTURES OF WORKERS WORKING IN SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY THROUGH RULA

Ergonomics is an important aspect in order to improve workers performance at work, develop an autonomous rhythm at work which will synchronize physical, physiological and psychological aspectsthat is responsible for human behavior and efficiency at work and stands as a key factor deciding workers effectiveness. This paper focuses the attention on the ergonomics consideration required to begoverned in the small scale industries, a specific case of tractor trolley manufacturing unit is considered, which is deviating from all these aspects. Particularly, an important & bulky component ‘turn table’ is considered for analyzing the ergonomic manufacturing methods. The gap between ergonomic considerations and actual practices at the workplace gives the perspective to design the workstation. The data of musculoskeletal disorder of worker working at workplace of tractor trolley manufacturing unit is collected, analyzed and validated by using RULA.