Latar belakang: Industri pengolahan kayu atau mebel merupakan salah satu sektor industri yang terus berkembang di Indonesia. Debu dihasilkan dari kegiatan penggergajian dan penggilingan akan beterbangan udara masuk ke dalam organ pernafasan dapat menimbulkan keluhan gangguan pada pekerja. Pekerja sering mengabaikan penggunaan alat pelindung diri (APD). Kota Bekasi kota karena letaknya berbatasa...

background: work-related musculoskeletal disorders (wmsds) are a leading cause of disability and workers compensations. objectives: the research was done in tehran pars-electric factory to prevent inducing wmsds. rapid entire body assessment (reba) was carried out to assess musculoskeletal loads on workers due to their postures, repetition, and force. nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire (nmq) ...

This research deals with the influence of the computer use in schools related to the children posture, in an ergonomic point of view. The research tries to identify probable causes for the children early postural constraints, relating it to the sedentary behavior and the lack of an ergonomic project in schools. The survey involved 186 children, between 8 and 12 years old, students of a private ...

Current bed bug, Cimex lectularius L., control usually involves insecticide applications that pose a high risk of insecticide exposure to residents and applicators. To minimize these risks and the amount of insecticides used, we designed and evaluated a dust band treatment technique. The laboratory assay showed that 1% cyfluthrin dust treated bands are highly effective in killing bed bugs. We f...

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BACKGROUND Fluoride is used increasingly in a variety of industries in India. Emission of fluoride dust and fumes from the smelters of primary aluminum producing industries is dissipated in the work environment and poses occupational health hazards. OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of health complaints and its association with fluoride level in body fluids of smelter workers in a primary alu...