The purpose of this study is to investigate and propose of ergonomic conditions of manual spray painting in the manufacturing industry have been studied. Manual spray painting is despite rationalizations quite common in the Akiaki basic metal industry. Observation and medical record with spray painters showed that they had higher prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in their right shoulder compared with other workers with manual work. A majority of the spray painters painted work-pieces lying on a work-table. A majority of these painters abduct the right upper-arm so much when painting the horizontal surface of the work-piece that they risk supraspinatus tendinitis. The upper-arm abduction when painting horizontal surfaces could be decreased without introducing new ergonomic disadvantages by installing work-tables with powered height control or possibly also by changing the geometry of the spray gun. Gripping the spray gun trigger was for some of the painters identified as causing a high risk for WMSD in the wrist. Lower spray gun trigger force would improve the situation. This could be done by the users in several ways, such as greasing the trigger mechanism and/or decreasing the spring pressure on the fluid needle.

Keywords: Work-Related Muscular-Skeletal Disorders; PMSDs

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Citation

Citation: Kassu Jilcha and Helina Assefa. “Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Disorders Risk Factors in Panting: A Case Study of Akaki Basic Metal Industry Painters”. Acta Scientific Paediatrics 3.3 (2020): 18-23.

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Copyright: © 2020 Kassu Jilcha and Helina Assefa. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.