Evaluation of working postures and musculoskeletal disorders prevalence in workers in a sanitary accessories manufacturing industry

inappropriate postures, repetitive work and inappropriate conditions such as occupational risk factors that are major rule to the occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders. This study was designed to assess working postures in workers in a sanitary accessories manufacturing industry and to determine of prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders.
This cross-sectional study were done on 52 subjects on all plant personnel to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders using Nordic questionnaire. After a thorough review of workplace and various activities filming, samples from inappropriate postures, were analyzed by using Rapid Upper Limb Assessment. In order to describe and determine the relationship between the variables was used of Excel and SPSS version 20 software and chi-square test.
The results showed that the highest prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in both genders, is related to shoulder (39.3%), that 40.5 percent of men express pain in this area. The highest prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among female personnel was in the neck (42.1%) and wrist (42.1%) and lowest in the region of the elbow. The highest prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in a year and a total of 9 areas of the body in both genders were in the shoulders (39.3%), neck (35.7%), wrist(33.9%), and lowest were in elbow(3.6%) and hip(7.1%). 23.07% from whole working postures, will be in the 4 the priority ac-tion. Also 57% from whole working postures, will be in the 1 and 2 the priority action.
A high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in persons in the employment of staff time to the time of study were in the areas of shoulder and neck. Risk of musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limbs are foreseeable in the future and should be more ergonomic interventions to reduce inappropriate postures.