Abstract
The fisheries sector is one of the high risk jobs. Fishermen often have to face the fatigue risks. The main cause that emerge the impact of their workloads is the way they behave, that pay less attention to ergonomic principles. The purpose of this study is to explain the effect of counseling ergonomic work towards a working knowledge of musculoskeletal disorders and complaints at Saijaan Fishermen Association. The research used a method of Pre- Experimental with one group pre-test-post-test design. This design used a single group, with the main characteristic was to compare the group and individual without any group comparison. The research population was the Fishermen Association Saijaan. Samples were taken from 186 fishermen. Wilcoxon test results showed that there were differences in the Fisherman knowledge before and after the counseling activities with the p value of 0.021 and differences in musculoskeletal disorders at Fisherman's complaints before and after the counseling activities with p value 0.013.
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