Abstract
In assembly lines repeated work and unsuitable working postures cause musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) and labor losses. Ergonomic design of assembly lines is important to avoid MSD. Although assembly work require the use of different working postures together, it is not always possible to design an assembly line that provides ergonomic work in all postures at the same time. For this reason, in order to determine design criteria for design of assembly lines, it is necessary to investigate which body parts of employees will be taken into consideration primarily. In this study, musculoskeletal disorders of assembly line employees of a transformer producer were analyzed by using the questionnaire study inspired by “Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire (CMDQ)”, Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) and Ovako Working Postures Analysing System (OWAS). As a result of analysis, the back, waist, feet, neck, right upper arm and shoulders were identified as the most risky body parts and an adjustable assembly table was designed to reduce these risks.
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