STRATEGI PERBAIKAN FAKTOR ERGONOMI PADA PEKERJA PEMINDAHAN KAYU DI UD. SABILA

Abstract

1. Sabila is a small and medium industrial trading business located in Lempeh Village, Kab. Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara Province has been established for 10 years and sells 500 logs per day that have been sent outside the Sumbawa area. With workers carrying out the activity of moving wood to pickup cars manually. The work done is quite heavy, causing work-related illnesses and reducing worker productivity as well as the emergence of musculoskeletal disorders. The aim of this research was to find out the strategies to improve work-related illness from work posture, pain complaints and workload of wood removal at UD. Sabila using the REBA, NBM, %CVL and FTA methods. The results of REBA were found in four workers who were at risk of getting sick with a score above 8-11, which means immediate improvement is needed. The NBM results for the first worker were 70, the second worker was 69, and the third worker was 76. The %CVL measurement results for the three workers at UD.Sabila from the physical workload received by the workers got results above 30% which means the load is high and repairs are needed as soon as possible. The results of the FTA found that the cause of workers experiencing work-related illnesses in the form of repeated lifting of wood and low wood removal so that the torso bends and the legs bend not according to the dimensions of the body, holding a weight that is quite heavy, the grip is uncomfortable. The proposed improvement from the results of the FTA is to design a more ergonomic wood removal tool. It is hoped that this research can minimize the risk of work-related illness in workers moving wood to pickup trucks at UD.Sabila.