TY - JFULL AU - S. Behnam Asl and H. Sadeghi Naeini and L. Sadat Ensaniat and R. Khorshidian and S. Alipour and S. Behnam Asl PY - 2014/9/ TI - Injury Prevention among Construction Workers: A Case Study on Iranian Steel Bar Bending Workers T2 - International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering SP - 466 EP - 470 VL - 8 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9998902 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 92, 2014 N2 - Nowadays the construction industry is growing specially among developing counties. Iran also has a critical role in these industries in terms of workers disorders. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) assign 7% of the whole diseases in the society, which make some limitations. One of the main factors, which are ended to WMSDs, is awkward posture. Steel bar bending is considered as one of the prominent performance among construction workers. In this case study we conducted to find the major tasks of bar benders and the most important related risk factors. This study was carried out among twenty workers (18-45 years) as our volunteer samples in some construction sites with less than 6 floors in two regions of Tehran municipality. The data was gathered through in depth observation, interview and questionnaire. Also postural analysis was done by OWAS. In another part of study we used NMQ for gathering some data about psychosocial effects of work related disorders. Our findings show that 64% of workers were not aware of work risks, also about 59% of workers had troubles in their wrists, hands, and especially among workers who worked in steel bar bending. In 46% cases low back pain were prevalence. Considering with gathered data and results, awkward postures and long term tasks and its duration are known as the main risk factors in WMSDs among construction workers, so work-rest schedule and also tools design should be considered to make an ergonomic condition for the mentioned workers. ER -