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Ergonomics & Human factors 2018 Archives of Medicine
ISSN: 1989-5216 Page 27
July 26-27, 2018
Rome, Italy
1 st Edition of International Conference on
Ergonomics &
Human Factors
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are
major causes of disability in the workplace. It is unclear
whether the exposure to risk factors and types of work play
an important role in the occurrence of WMSDs. To determine
the relationship between the prevalence of WMSDs and
exposure level of risk factors among employees from different
types of work, a cross-sectional study was performed among
shipbuilding employees. 801 randomly selected shipbuilding
workers from 6 major types of work with at least one year of
work experience at a shipyard were studied. The prevalence
and working condition data were collected using a self-
designed ergonomics questionnaire modified based on Nordic
musculoskeletal questionnaire (NMQ), and the exposure level
was determined by standard quick exposure check (QEC)
in Chinese version. WMSD positive cases were identified
according to the definition employed by National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). It was found that
both WMSD prevalence and exposure levels at various body
regions among shipbuilding workers were very high. This could
be attributable to the awkward and prolonged bending postures
adopted in the manufacturing processes. It was found that
WMSD positive workers got higher QEC scores and identified
as higher exposure levels compared with WMSD negative
workers, and a weak correlation between WMSD prevalence
and QEC score as well as that between WMSD prevalence and
exposure levels were exist at back, shoulder/arm and wrist/
hand. Both the prevalence of WMSDs and the exposure levels
varied among workers of different type of works. In conclusion,
there was a high WMSD prevalence and serious exposure
risks at various body regions among shipbuilding workers. It
seems that a higher exposure risk would lead to an increase
in the prevalence of WMSD slightly. And there were exposure
distribution differences between workers from six major types
of work in the same shipyard.
Recent Publications
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Biography
Ying Qu has completed her PhD from Chinese Academy of Sciences, P R
China. She is a Research Associate Professor of National Institute of Occu-
pational Health and Poison Control - Chinese Center for Disease Control and
Prevention (China CDC). She has published more than 5 papers in reputed
journals.
The prevalence and risk exposure levels of work related
musculoskeletal disorders in a Chinese shipyard
Ying Qu1, Xifeng Chen 2, Wei Zhang1, Ning Jia 1, Xueyan Zhang1, Siwu Zhong1
and Zhongxu Wang 1
1National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control - China CDC, China
2Dalian COSCO Shipyard Group Co Ltd, China
Ying Qu et al., Arch Med 2018, Volume 10
DOI: 10.21767/1989-5216-C1-002