| Summary: | 碩士 === 朝陽科技大學 === 工業工程與管理系碩士班 === 97 === The purpose of this study was to explore the musculoskeletal disorders for the fighter plane maintenance workers. The fighter plane maintenance workers is often forced to engaged working in the limited space.
A structural questionnaire and OWAS and RULA postural analysis were used in the study. There were 215 subjects who are fighter plane maintenance workers. The structure questionnaire included four parts: personal data, attitude of safety knowledge,working skill and musculoskeletal complaints. OWAS and RULA technology was applied to analyze working postures in the study. After recorded in workplaces, the videotapes were played back and saved into computer in the laboratory with a freeze frame every 15 seconds. A total of 1430 working postures was coded and analyzed.
Among the body parts, the neck pains was the highest (71.3%), followed by the shoulder (64.4%) and back (60%). For results of the OWAS and RULA postural analysis, the worker’s neck extension, trunk flexion and either hand above shoulder obtained high postural risks. The percentages of 15.5% and 15.8% with the OWAS and RULA analyses, respectively, for AC4 and AL4 were obtained. It implies that the action must be taken immediately. The results showed the same musculoskeletal disorder conditions from questionnaire survey and postural analysis.
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