Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) is damage to the muscles, nerves, tendons,
ligaments, joints, cartilage, and disc invertebralis.
Working posture
is one of
the factors
that
most often associated with risk factors for MSDs
(Cahyanto
,
2009)
. Posture is the
position of the body part associated with other body parts
are connected by a angle
connection
.
PT. ABO FARM is a company engaged
in agriculture which focuses
on
export
business of vege
Table
s, especially
beans that
is
in the rural areas Nengkelan, Ciwidey,
Bandung. One of the
activities at PT. ABO FARM i
s
loading activity
of
beans. Loading activity is
carried out by using a sack
in collector
. Sack has dimensions 96 x 43 x 36 cm
with capacity 55 kg, whereas
capacity limit
recommended by NIOSH
is
23 kg.
In th
e initial assesment of eksisting working posture using REBA (Rapid
Entire Body Assesment)
is got REBA score where as 12.
This value indicates
that the work postures are in a dangerous position so that the necessary repairs
is needed now
. Therefore, to carr
y out repair work postures
,
first
ly it
needs to
be improved on the existing material handling. Rational method is a
systematic approach. This method is widely used in the design stage because it
has a well defined sequence, so it can provide the
good
resul
ts of design and
final product quality
based on criteria of users
.
A
fter designing material
handling,
it is
obtained score
of REBA where as
2,
s
o it is concluded that the
use of
improvement
material handling
can reduce the working posture level
from 12 in
to 2
Keyword s : MSDs, PT. ABO FARM, Material Handling, Beans, REBA, Rational Method