Musculoskeletal Symptom Survey Among Construction Workers in Indonesian: A Case Study in Construction Project

The objective of this study was to find out the prevalence, characteristics, and distribution of musculoskeletal pain among construction workers in Indonesia based on a case-study in a construction project. Construction jobs is closely related to cases of musculoskeletal disorders caused by job characteristics. Musculoskeletal disorders developed after work with awkward positions and high workload. Complaints of the musuculoskeletal in construction workers are in the neck, upper back, lower back, knees, shoulders, elbows, hands / wrists, thighs and ankles. A questionnaire about musculoskeletal pain in different parts of body was completed by 33 construction workers from the construction project in Bandung city. The majority of respondents had elbow pain (60.61%) followed by low back and shoulder pain (54.55%). The implications of this study is developing ergonomics intervention in further research to prevent musculoskeletal disorders in construction job