Manual handling risk factors, repetitive task and the association with musculoskeletal disorders among food and beverage workers in food and beverage industry

MOHAMED HANAPHI, IZZUL INANI (2022) Manual handling risk factors, repetitive task and the association with musculoskeletal disorders among food and beverage workers in food and beverage industry. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: Food and beverage industry recorded a rapid growth where the growth rate value is 11.7% annually. The growth of food and beverage industry indicated a high demand towards this industry and therefore increase the workload for the food and beverage workers. The workers are likely be exposed to the manual handling activity and repetitive task that arise from the food and beverage services which covers from the preparation of food until the presentation and serving of food. Exposure to manual handling risk factors and the repetitive task will contribute to the development of musculoskeletal disorders among the workers. Objective: To determine the association between manual handling risk factors, repetitive task and musculoskeletal disorders among food and beverage workers in food and beverage industry. Methodology: This study is a cross sectional study. This study uses purposive sampling method to obtain the sample. This study will be conducted in three of MAS Awana Sevices Sdn Bhd branches which is in Sepang, Hospital Pengajar Universiti Putra Malaysia, and Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya. The respondents will be given with a set of questionnaires that consist of two sections: Section A (Sociodemographic and occupational characteristics questionnaire), Section B (Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort questionnaire. The manual handling risk factors of food preparation activity will be determined using Manual Handling Assessment Chart (MAC) and Risk Assessment of Pushing and Pulling (RAPP) while the repetitive task will be assessed using Assessment of Repetitive Task (ART). Result: The overall prevalence of MSDs among food and beverage workers was 90.56% with the highest prevalence were reported in lower back (85.85%), shoulder (83.96%), and right foot (83.96%). The study found a significant association between manual handling with MSDs where p = 0.001 (p < 0.05). However, no significant association was found between repetitive task and MSDs p =1.000 (p > 0.05). Conclusion: The study concluded that there is a high prevalence of MSDs among food and beverage workers. The study also found a significant association between manual handling with MSDs especially in pushing and pulling task. Therefore, MSDs control measures should be taken immediately to reduce the occurrence of MSDs among workers. Keywords: manual handling, repetitive task, musculoskeletal disorders, food and beverage workers

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Hafizzuddin Hamidon
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2023 02:38
Last Modified:	24 Aug 2023 02:38
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1117

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