Musculoskeletal ailments in Indian injection-molded plastic furniture manufacturing shop-floor: Mediating role of work shift duration

The present manuscript aims to investigate the occurrence of awkward working postures and the consequent prevalence of the Symptoms of Musculoskeletal Ailments (SMA) among the shop floor workers of Indian small and medium scale injection molded plastic furniture manufacturing factories. An attempt has also been made to assess the contributing role of Workstation Design (WD), Working Postures (WP) and Work Shift Duration (WSD) concerning symptoms...