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ISSN : 1229-6783(Print)
ISSN : 2288-1484(Online)
Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science Vol.19 No.3 pp.71-79
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.12812/ksms.2017.19.3.71

Affecting Factors and Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Workers in Manufacture of Electronic Components

In-Joon Choi,Jong-Uk Won,Chi-Nyon Kim,Hong-Kwan Kim,Jae-hoon Roh
*Co. Ltd Metrorecycling
**Institute for Occupational Health & Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine
***Institute for Occupational Health & Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University
****Program in ET&ST Convergence, Inha University Graduate School
E-mail : jhroh@yuhs.ac
† Corresponding Author : Jaehoon Roh, Institute for Occupational Health & Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the observable symptoms of musculoskeletal disease from electronic components manufacturing workers who involved in many repetitive tasks and to provide the basic data for the prevention and management. The survey was conducted on 721 people from 15 April, 2013 to 17 May, 2013 by selfrecording type. The results of the study are as follows. First, symptom complaints based on different body parts are in following order, waist was 12.9%, shoulder was 10.5%, neck was 7.4%, hand/wrist/finger was 7.4%, leg/foot was 4.4%, arm/elbow was 2.8%, and 21.9% of the respondents showed symptoms in more than one body part. Sex, age, marital status, work experience, work intensity, and past accident experience were statistically significant. Second, in the job stress evaluation, all male and female workers were below the median of Korean workers in all of 8 categories. the higher the scores for lack of job autonomy, the higher the symptom complaints of musculoskeletal disease. In the case of patients complain observable symptoms of musculorskeletal disease, they should receive proper outpatient treatment, various programs such as stretching by body parts, setting up a desirable working posture, switching to cyclical work, should b developed as much as possible.

전자부품제조업 근로자의 근골격계 자각증상과 관련요인

최인준*,원종욱**,김치년***,김홍관****, 노재훈**
*(주)메트로리사이클링, **연세대학교 의과대학 예방의학교실 및 산업보건연구소
***연세대학교 보건대학원 및 산업보건연구소, ****인하대학교 대학원 환경안전융합전공

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