ERGONOMICS || Tindit India ||

    Author - Vijay Singh Parihar

Today, we are going to discuss quite different & very interesting topic i.e Ergonomics as name explain Ergo - work, nomoi - rule/discipline.

"Ergonomics deals with the human ability, limitations and to improve interaction with workplace or product".  

Giving example for better understanding:- 

A worker has a job to take one part from a particular section, another part from another section, and finally, assemble them and put them in the assembly line. One time it can be easily done but to perform it thousands of times in a day, then it will definitely create problems i.e occupational injuries, etc.


To overcome the above problems, ergonomics come into existence.
 Several advantages are:- 

•     To improve the productivity of employers and production rate.
•    To reduce the probability of health issues.
•    To create a safe environment for employees. 

National Institute of occupational safety and health publishes a guideline from time to time on basis of various research papers. NIOSH introduced the concept of  MSD level table which can categorize the risk of work.               

MSD table shown below:-

          SCORE                LEVEL OF MSD RISK
             1-2                      Negligible risk, no action required.
             3-4                      Low risk, change may be needed.
             5-6                      Medium risk, further investigation, change soon.
             6+                       Very high risk, implement change now.
MSD:-Msculoskelten disorder



An injury or illness that affects the nerves, tendons, muscles, and supporting structure of the body, these are known as MSD and often occur at the workplace.

NOW the question arises in mind how ergonomics improved the interaction product and workplace? I will be brief in the intro about the processes to be done in ergonomics in the next articles.