Low back pain risk assessment for construction industry personnel

Abstract

Workers in Construction Industry (CI) are potentially to deal with injuries and illnesses, including Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) in the workplace. Unfortunately, the issues related to Ergonomic Risk Factors (ERFs), that lead to MSDs always being underestimated and little attention been taken from the CI. Therefore, a study will be conducted to obtain the mitigation to reduce Low Back Pain (LBP) affected by ERFs impact to CI personnel. For the purpose of this findings, the objective is to study ERFs that caused LBP, to study Ergonomic Program (EP) that is implemented and to propose mitigation method to reduce LBP for CI personnel.