Prevalence and risk factors of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among workers in a wooden furniture factory at Binh Duong Province, Vietnam

Furniture workers are often required physically demanding tasks of manual materials handling that lead to work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). The objective of this research was to identify work-related musculoskeletal disorder prevalence and its risk factors among wooden furniture workers in a production factory in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam. A cross-sectional study with the sample size 231 participants was conducted along with serveral ergonomic tools including the Washington State ‘s caution zone checklist, Rapid Entire Body Assessment and vibration exposure were measured. The results revealed WMSDs prevalence in at least one body part during the last 12 months was 72.7%. Risk factors were found to be associated with WMSDs such as body mass index, smoking, training non-attendance, hand(s) over shoulder height posture, load weight, high psychological demands, low decision on autonomy, and low social support. Findings from this study may be utilized to improve working conditions among furniture workers.