Effectiveness of a participatory action oriented training intervention approach among harvesters in oil palm plantation

• Main Authors: Ng, Yee Guan, Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri, Ismail, Ismi Arif, Ananta, Gede Pramudya, Hashim, Zailina, Mohd Yusoff, Irwan Syah, Md Deros, Baba, Abu Bakar, Shahriman, Rambely, Azmin Sham
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Science Publications 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37325/1/ajassp.2014.681.693.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37325/; http://thescipub.com/abstract/10.3844/ajassp.2014.681.693
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Consistent with the global demand for palm oil, the intensified upstream harvesting activities of oil palms fresh fruit bunches, despite the harvesters evidences of various ergonomics risk factors leading to musculoskeletal disorders should be a cause for concern. Thus, this study describes the effe...