Evaluating the upper limb disorders among assembly workers, using Health and Safety Executive method, and it's correlation with sense of pain

Background and The Upper Limb Disorders (ULDs) are the most prevalent types of occupational injuries, which appear following long exposure to ergonomics factors with specific repetition. The present study was aimed at assessing the upper limb disorders among assembly lines workers using Health and Safety Executive (HSE) method and and also evaluating it's correlation with sense of pain in gas control company of Iran. This cross sectional analytical study was carried out on 40 assembly workers. In order to evaluate the ULDs, study was began by using Risk Factor and accurate assessment HSE questionnaires, then thequantitative indicator Body Map was used for measuring workers pain sense. The collected data was analyzed by SPSS16. The measured quantities of risk factor of repetition, working postures arm and shoulder, head and neck and fingers, hand and wrist were 92.5%, 72.5%, 50.0% and 45.0% respectively. Work history and gender were significantly related with most disorders (P-Value= 0.022 and 0.001 respectively). The best correlation coefficient was between postures arm and shoulder, postures hand and wrist, repetition with hand and shoulder pain level(R= 0.62, 0.67, 0.74 and 0.72 respectively). Prevalence of the ULDs among assembly workers was high. Considering the low age and work history level of workers, an increase in ULDs signs intensity is predicted in the not too distant future.