Abstract
Studies have reported that workers in the kitchen industry were at high risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) due to their occupation. This work aimed to determine the prevalence of upper limb disorders and investigated the risk factors among the male kitchen workers through a structured self-administered questionnaire survey among 114 male kitchen workers from nine college hostels in Western Tamil Nadu, India. Statistical analyses were performed to describe the demographic factors and its association with disorders. The prevalence of shoulder discomfort was highly associated with the different work types (p = 0.002), work experience (p = 0.022), and age groups (p = 0.011). The results indicated that health factors, ergonomics intervention, and engineering control on working conditions of the industry might be considered to reduce MSD.
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