Asian-Pacific Aquaculture 2019

June 19 - 21, 2019

Chennai Tamil Nadu - India

EFFECT OF INTERVENTION OF WITH AND WITHOUT SEAT AND BACK RESTS ARRANGEMENT DURING FISH DRESSING OPERATION IN PRE-PROCESSING UNIT

Shaikh, S. M.* , Pagarkar, A. U., Abhay Kumar
College of Fisheries, Fish Processing Technology and Microbiology Shirgaon,
Ratnagiri - 415 629, Maharashtra (India)
 
sadiyashaikh111@gmail.com

The fisheries sector is a powerful source of income and employment generator for maritime state of nation. Early health problems identified in the fish pre-processing unit include pain in back, neck, shoulder, knee, thigh, leg and foot.These health problems were associated with poor and awkward working posture due to poor design of  workplace layout were adopted.  Fish dressing operation in pre-processing unit performed by the workers were suggested to impose high health risk on the workers' musculoskeletal system. In fish processing industries the workers use small sharp knife and their hands come in contact with different sharp body parts of fishes and low temperature of work environment and frequent contact with ice cold and chlorinated water.  Use of such small hand tools and manual work often exposes workers to frequent minor injuries, which in long term may be harmful.To prevent these problems providing seat of combination of medical examination and cotton gloves of fish dressing operation and also calculate the body part discomfort score (BPDS). Women workers after providing the seat of combination of medical examination and cotton gloves slight variation in capacity but reduce the body part discomfort score (BPDS) with and without seat and back rest arrangement.