Work Posture Analysis of Manual Material Handling Using OWAS Method

The objectives of this research were to determine the work posture risk level and suggest recommendation of improvement on small factory of corn chips. NBM questionnaire was used to find out workers’ complaints encountered from the work they have done. OWAS method was conducted with WinOWAS software, involving six workers and 31 work postures. NBM indicates that workers do enduring the feeling of sore on their neck, back, hand, and feet during and after work. 42%, 6%, 26%, and 26% of activities were at category 1, category 2, category 3, and category 4 respectively.