RISK ANALYSIS OF THE PACKING PROCESS AT THE LOGISTICS DEPARTMENT OF PT. XYZ USED REBA METHOD

Abstract

PT. XYZ is a company that produces automotive and is one of the largest in Asia. PT. XYZ produces various types of springs, both leaf springs and conch springs which have been licensed by Mitsubishi Steel Manufacturing, Japan. Products from PT. XYZ will be exported to several countries such as the United States, Japan and India. In shipping can not be separated from the packaging process. In the packing process which is still done manually by material handling, it is found that the work posture is not good or not ergonomic, namely the bent posture so that if it is done for a long period of time it can trigger complaints of Musculoskeletal Disorders and will cause losses for both workers and companies. This study aims to know the level of risk and work posture of workers. The method in this study is by using the REBA method, from the results of processing and analyzing the data obtained in this study, it gets a grand score of 10 which indicates it has a fairly high level of risk and needs to be taken action. The action that must be taken is a change in work posture in manual material handling activities in the packing process so as to minimize the occurrence of Musculoskeletal Disorders.