Ergonomic Study on Ironing Stations in Tunisian Clothing Companies

Human health at work mostly consists of physical health. The majority (60%) of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) experienced by employees in Europe. According to a study by the CNAM in Tunisia, the country’s MSD rate was almost 80%. According to the American Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), MSDs were about 30% in 2020; however, they are around 85% in France. The OWAS approach and the stratified method will be used to achieve this study’s goal in this situation. This sample technique evaluates the organizational risk factors and musculoskeletal risk factors of Tunisian staff in northern Tunisia within a group of four ISO 45001 and SA8000-certified businesses using the responsibility approach: corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the textile and clothing sector and implementation of standards in the ironing trades. The overall average total percentage of MSDs in these companies is 65%, and the areas of discomfort observed in the workers studied are as follows: legs (54%), right hand (24%), back (20%), hand left (19%), shoulders (19%), and neck (17%). There have been improvements made to this task, such as reducing one position’s stop time by 19.75% and the average stop time for all other positions by 15%, increasing performance by 10%, and improving work quality by 10%. Appropriate solutions must be implemented in order to promote employee well-being, avoid occupational illnesses, improve recruitment procedures, eliminate sources of non-compliance, correct errors and defects, and try to lower the percentage of MSDs.