Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University, Brazil.
Department of Sociology, Social Work and Public Health, Universidad de Huelva, Spain.
Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2021 Jun;27(2):452-459. doi: 10.1080/10803548.2019.1577045. Epub 2020 Mar 12.
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are the first cause of occupational illness in Brazil and the number of cases in the industrial sector has increased progressively in the last 6 years. In order to prevent WMSDs, workplace ergonomics interventions are frequently implemented worldwide. This article describes the implementation strategy of a participatory ergonomic intervention conducted in the quality control department of a medium-sized Brazilian garment company. The intervention was carried out based on the nine steps presented by Vink, Imada and Zinck, and workers' exposure to risk factors was investigated using the rapid upper limb assessment method. A low-tech and low-cost solution that successfully reduced workers' exposure to WMSD risk factors was proposed, prototyped, tested and, finally, introduced. Participatory ergonomic interventions can be a feasible and effective approach to reduce the exposure to work-related risk factors for WMSDs in industrially developing countries.
工作相关肌肉骨骼疾病（WMSD）是巴西职业病的首要原因，并且在过去 6 年中，工业部门的病例数量呈逐步上升趋势。为了预防 WMSD，世界各地经常实施工作场所人体工程学干预措施。本文介绍了在一家中等规模的巴西服装公司的质量控制部门进行的参与式人体工程学干预措施的实施策略。该干预措施是基于 Vink、Imada 和 Zinck 提出的九个步骤进行的，并且使用快速上肢评估方法调查了工人接触危险因素的情况。提出了一种低技术和低成本的解决方案，该方案成功降低了工人接触 WMSD 危险因素的风险，该方案经过原型制作、测试，最终被采用。参与式人体工程学干预措施可能是减少发展中国家工业中与工作相关的危险因素暴露的一种可行且有效的方法。
