Intranuovo Graziana, De Maria Luigi, Facchini Francesco, Giustiniano Armenise, Caputi Antonio, Birtolo Francesco, Vimercati Luigi
Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Occupational Medicine "B. Ramazzini", University of Bari Medical School, 70124, Bari, Italy.
Department of Mechanics, Mathematics and Management, Polytechnic University of Bari, Viale Japigia 182, 70123, Bari, Italy.
BMC Res Notes. 2019 Jun 24;12(1):354. doi: 10.1186/s13104-019-4392-z.
Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs) have a multifactorial origin: work-related risk factors and individual factors (age, sex, anthropometric characteristics). The purpose of the current study was the risk assessment of upper limb-WMSDs of workers engaged in tasks of anchovies filleting and packaging in a fish industry considering the ergonomic evaluation and the painful symptomatology complained by employees of different age. The activities were analysed by the American Conference Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) method, the Strain Index (SI) method, the Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) method as well as the Occupational Rapid Assessment (OCRA) checklist. Workers answered the Italian version of the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ).
The ACGIH method showed that packaging needs greater protection, while filleting requires ergonomic interventions. The SI showed a significant increasing risk for both tasks. The final score identified by RULA, for tasks of fish filleting and packaging, suggested a medium level of action, therefore were required additional observations. By OCRA checklist the final score for both tasks denoted a high risk.
工作相关肌肉骨骼疾病（WMSDs）有多种成因：工作相关风险因素和个体因素（年龄、性别、人体测量特征）。本研究的目的是，在考虑人体工程学评估以及不同年龄段员工所抱怨的疼痛症状的情况下，对一家鱼类加工企业中从事凤尾鱼去骨切片和包装工作的工人上肢WMSDs进行风险评估。采用美国政府工业卫生学家会议（ACGIH）方法、应变指数（SI）方法、快速上肢评估（RULA）方法以及职业快速评估（OCRA）检查表对这些活动进行分析。工人们回答了意大利语版的北欧肌肉骨骼问卷（NMQ）。
ACGIH方法表明，包装工作需要更多防护，而去骨切片工作需要进行人体工程学干预。SI显示这两项任务的风险均显著增加。RULA确定的鱼类去骨切片和包装任务的最终得分表明需采取中等程度的行动，因此需要进一步观察。通过OCRA检查表，这两项任务的最终得分均表明风险很高。
