Improving working conditions of employees at rice packaging with ergonomic risk analysis

In this study, the risk analysis of the employees under the packaging department which is one of the production lines in a paddy factory has been ergonomically performed and they have been evaluated according to the methods of REBA and BAUA. REBA and BAUA methods have been proposed as a tool for assessing easily the risk status of work-related musculoskeletal disorders without the need for ergonomic and expensive equipment. In this study, the ergonomic analysis of the working men and women have been made under six workstation including taking the packaging balls from the palette, carrying the balls into the packaging machine, fitting into the packaging machine, packing the packages and placing the packages into storage. The measures have been taken in the workstations examined in detail, by presenting the necessary proposals to the management. These suggestions for improvements are the correction of the postural disorders with training and then follow-up, the adding of one more employee to the stations with too much workload and the adjustment of the height of the turntable, by providing them, ergonomics risks have been reduced