Ergonomic Evaluation for Dung Collection and Transportation by Rural Women

Asian Resonance(P: ISSN No. 0976-8602 RNI No. UPENG/2012/42622 VOL.-III, ISSUE-III, JULY-2014 E: ISSN No. 2349-9443) 

Abstract

 Sudesh Gandhi 

Dept of Family Resource Management, College of Home Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

Mamta Dilbaghi 

Dept of Family Resource Management, College of Home Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

Manju Mehta

 Dept of Family Resource Management, College of Home Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

In Haryana, a rural woman starts her day even before sun rises with cleaning of cattle-shed i.e. collecting and fetching of cattle dung. During the activity she adopts unnatural body postures that put undue stress on her body. Hence, the present study aimed at ergonomic evaluation of dung collection and fetching activity. Thirty rural women having average health status were selected from two villages of Hisar district of Haryana state. Rural households possessed 3-5 animals followed by 6-8 animals. An average of 17 kg of dung was produced per animal in 24 hours. On an average they fetched one iron basket/animal as head load having its weight ranging from 18-25 kg. A woman spent 52 minutes in morning and 43 min in the evening for dung collection and transportation. Respondents used to dump the dung in open place away from their home. Physiological stress indicated that average heart rate increased to 127 bpm over the resting HR (84bpm). Squatting and bending posture was adopted during dung collection and then load was lifted from the ground with back bending at more than 90o and fetched as head load to a distant place. The same activity was repeated in the evening too. Extreme postural deviation was observed while collecting dung and lifting dung as head load. A fetching trolley has been developed (Shraddha, 2005) for dung transportation which would be helpful for the worker to do the activity with lesser efforts. There is a need to educate the rural women to use drudgery reducing technology for dung collection and its transportation that would reduce the muscular stress and increase their efficiency.  

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