Abstract
Handloom weaving is one of India's oldest cottage businesses, which is unorganised in nature and employs the vast majority of rural people. It is associated with multiple processes during which the workers are subjected to prolonged working hours and with adverse work postures that lead to musculoskeletal disorders. The purpose of this work is to identify the prevalence of occupational health issues, particularly musculoskeletal disorders, and the associated risk factors. This paper examines the ergonomic concerns among 206 silk saree workers with a modified Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire method to assess the prevalence of musculoskeletal issues and the associated factors. An attempt has been made to assess the ergonomic postures to identify the hazards and challenges involved during the activities performed in silk saree manufacturing. REBA and RULA ergonomic assessment techniques are employed to identify the risk variables that are responsive to the musculoskeletal problem by work posture analysis. This study reveals that 50%, 73.33%, 75.75%, and 55.78% of workers possess very high risks during yarn extraction, yarn pre-preparation, dyeing, and weaving processes. 45%, 78.05%, and 100% of workers performing warp yarn preparation, weft yarn preparation, and drafting of warp yarn processes experience high risks.
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