ASSESSMENT OF WATER CARRYING BAG FOR DRUDGERY REDUCTION
Journal Title: Advance Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Discoveries - Year 2017, Vol 19, Issue 19
Abstract
The farm women of hills spend most of their time in various house hold activities. Water carrying from distant places is a tedious job in northern hills of India. This may expose women to risk factors such as force, awkward postures, and repetitive motions that can lead to injuries, and wasted energy and time. click here To bring in better work effectiveness and reduced drudgery, an attempt was made to disseminate ergonomically designed water carrying bag in hill areas of Uttarakhand in India. Carrying water on waist was found beneficial as the mean score of drudgery experience matrix was found to be 11.52 compare to traditional method of water carrying i.e. 25.80
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Dr. SUDHA JUKARIA 1, Dr. SUCHETA SINGH 2
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