Author(s):
Gladys Jane Remolino*, Elwen Jay E Abelgas, Vincent R. Camilo, Leonard I. Llanos

Doi: 10.7508/aiem.02.2023.62.68

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A lack of ergonomic awareness and care in the physical environment setting has resulted in accidents, sickness, and pain, which may lead to poor job quality and employee performance. These include environmental influences as well as worker postures. This research focuses on the results of workplace assessments for lighting, noise, temperature, and worker postures. The workplace and workers’ postures were evaluated and compared to ergonomics recommendations available in the literature.
The descriptive quantitative design was utilized by the researchers. In the absence of ergonomic standard design in the industry in line with the guiding principles of ergonomics, this technique would assess the specific problem, risk, and potential danger. The researchers would employ instruments to monitor the physical environment, such as a Lux Meter, Noise Level Meter, Thermometer, and RULA (Rapid Upper Limb Assessment), to examine the physical environment of the workstation. These techniques were used as the foundation for a proposal to analyze the influence of design and environmental circumstances on worker performance and well-being.
Through results and discussion, this research discovered that various physical environment variables failed to meet the standard need in terms of illumination, with the initial production area having only 267.4 lux, whereas the normal level required 300-1000 lx. Furthermore, the temperature in the industrial area surpasses the acceptable limit set by the United States. Occupational Health and Safety. Furthermore, utilizing the Osmond program on RULA, it was discovered that employees’ postures are at action level 2, indicating that additional inquiry and modifications may be required. This study highlighted the implications, significant suggestions, and future research directions.
As a result, proper ergonomics and effective workstation design are critical to facilitating the process and providing a healthy interior environment that promotes workers’ comfort, well-being, and job performance.

KEYWORDS:
Anthropometric, Human factors/ergonomics, illuminance, lux meter, leq, monotonous, ulnar deviation