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Fadma Putri, I Putu Gede Adiatmika, I Made Krisna Dinata. (2021).
Improvement of Working Condition through a Participatory Ergonomics
Approach Decrease Low Back Pain Complaints and Increase the
Productivity of Tailors. Journal Eduvest. 1(10): 1152-1162
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IMPROVEMENT OF WORKING CONDITION THROUGH A
PARTICIPATORY ERGONOMICS APPROACH DECREASE LOW BACK
PAIN COMPLAINTS AND INCREASE THE PRODUCTIVITY OF TAILORS
Fadma Putri, I Putu Gede Adiatmika, I Made Krisna Dinata
Udayana University
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT
Received:
September, 26
th
2021
Revised:
October, 16
th
2021
Approved:
October, 18
th
2021
Tailors work in a static position and bend over with a
relatively long duration of workPostural muscle load on
tailors results in the risk of complaints of low back pain
which affects the productivity of tailor. The aim is to know
the effect of improving working conditions through a
participatory ergonomics approach to reduce low back
pain complaints and increase tailor productivity.The
method uses of experimental research with treatment by
subject design, involving 9 samples selected by simple
random sampling. Period 1 sample is working with
conventional working conditions. Period 2 samples
worked with improving working conditions through a
participatory ergonomics approach. Washing out period
and adaptation are given between the two periods.
Complaints of low back pain were measured by the
Oswestry Disability Index, while productivity was based on
a comparison between the number of stitches/day and the
score for complaints of low back pain per working time.
The results showed that improving working conditions
through a participatory ergonomics approach had a
significant effect (p < 0.05). There was a decreasing in low
back pain by 11.87% from an average of 48.67±1.73 to
42.89±1.76 and an increasing in productivity of 42.10%
Fadma Putri, I Putu Gede Adiatmika, I Made Krisna Dinata
Improvement of Working Condition through a Participatory Ergonomics Approach
Decrease Low Back Pain Complaints and Increase the Productivity of Tailors 1153
from an average of 0.038±0.004 to 0.054±0.005.
KEYWORDS
Improvement of working condition, low back pain complaints,
participatory ergonomics, productivity
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INTRODUCTION
In this era, society’s interest in fashion is increasing, and the order consumer
needs the businessman to improve their development of the garment industry. The
development of the garment industry in one area gives a positive effect especially for
increasing the labor, therefore it will support the economy and have the benefit to the
public as well as to create a job. One of the garment industries that was productive is
Putra Karmila Garment in Gianyar City, Bali. The development of the industry needs to
require the owner to increase the quality of the product within managing it wiser. The
occupational health and safety of the tailor in the garment industry is the most important
to improve quality of the product.
The result of an observational study and interview with tailors at Putra Karmila
Garment were they could make 15-18 products a day, but there were any symptoms of
health problem that make their time off and decreased of daily production targets. This
condition affected to loss of their focus and it could be some mistake or problem with
their production. The health problem mostly they have is low back pain.
Low Back Pain (LBP), the symptoms felt by tailors at the Garment caused by
lack of mobility and lack of time management. The tailors always cut their time off to
break because of their target of production and they wanted to increase the production as
much as they can. Long work duration is another risk factor for their symptoms, they
worked 8 hours a day with a 1-hour break for 6 days per week. That means they have
seated static with slouch posture (not properly as the physiological body) for a long time.
While sitting slouch position, there were decreasing in the lordosis lumbar angle.
This condition made weakness of abdominal muscles and tightness of the postural
muscle, there is a stretch of posterior ligament and if the condition duration for a long
time affected to intradiscal pressure increased and constantly make a pain
(Tjahayuningtyas, 2019; Wirgunatha & Adiputra, 2019).
The duration of work is the other risk factor that would affect to work position.
Human-machine interaction in a s