Analysis of symptomatology and LMERT risk assessment in workers from a manual washing car station

Abstract

This work aims to assess the risk of Work-related Musculoskeletal Injury (LMERT) resulting from the action of different risk factors, in particular, repetition of movements, physical overload and posture adopted during work in workers of a manual washing car station. To this end, a methodological approach was adopted that contemplates the use of various tools, namely the application of a questionnaire on Labor Fatigue and Musculoskeletal Symptomatology (Neto, 2013), using the ART method to assess repetitive tasks performed with upper limbs and the REBA method for assessing the body postures adopted by the worker during the different phases of the manual washing car process. The results obtained show that workers have symptoms of bodily discomfort or pain, with a higher incidence in the lumbar, dorsal, upper and lower limbs, and there has already been a case of work impediment in the last 12 months due to the referred symptoms. The generality of the postures evaluated varies between a medium and high risk level, thus evidencing a risk of LMERT for the workers who perform this tasks.