Res. Agr. Eng., 2024, 70(4):226-236 | DOI: 10.17221/80/2023-RAE

Ergonomic investigation on spraying task performance in paddy farming activitiesOriginal Paper

Dian Mardi Safitri ORCID...1,2, Novia Rahmawati3,, Winnie Septiani1,2,, Nora Azmi1,, Azizah Nurul Hanifati1,, Ummi Noor Nazahiah binti Abdullah4,, Norashiken binti Othman4
1 Industrial Engineering Department, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Universitas Trisakti, Jakarta, Indonesia
2 Center for The Study of Ergonomics, Work Health, and Safety, Universitas Trisakti, Jakarta, Indonesia
3 Vocational School, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia
4 Faculty of Engineering and Mechanical Technology, Universiti Malaysia, Perlis, Malaysia

The commodity rice in Indonesia and the administration of rice fields are given particular focus by the government. Spraying activities are known to increase the risk of exposure to chemicals for farmers, resulting in a loss of working days for 3–7 days. It is necessary to carry out ergonomic interventions for spraying activities to make the activity safer for farmers. This research aims to identify the ergonomics and safety problems of spraying activities in rice field farming, to analyse and develop intervention parameters to solve issues in spraying activities, and to generate innovative design concepts to overcome spraying problems. Prospective users assign importance weights to the twelve functional requirements. The light sprayer has the highest weight, meaning users need a lightweight sprayer. The relationship between the customer and the functional requirements can be strong, moderate, weak, and zero (no ties). This relationship determines the technical importance of the rating. From the assessment of the relationship between the customer and the functional requirements, it can be seen which technical specifications should be prioritised for developing the product. An automated system is the technical specification that should be prioritised because it has the most significant weight on meeting the consumer needs.

Keywords: agriculture; human factors; musculoskeletal problems; risk; safety and health

Received: July 30, 2023; Revised: October 1, 2024; Accepted: October 18, 2024; Published: December 31, 2024  Show citation

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Safitri DM, Rahmawati N, Septiani W, Azmi N, Hanifati AN, Nazahiah binti Abdullah UN, Othman NB. Ergonomic investigation on spraying task performance in paddy farming activities. Res. Agr. Eng. 2024;70(4):226-236. doi: 10.17221/80/2023-RAE.
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