The Correlation between Psychosocial Risk Factors and Musculoskeletal Disorders among Workers in A Steel Foundry

Abstract

This paper aims to display the contribution of psychosocial risk factors(PSRF) to the prediction of musculoskeletal disorders(MSD). among workers in a steel foundry based in Oran. We have adopted the descriptive correlational approach. To collect data was used: Copsoq,(2018) scale, Kuorinka,(1987) scale. It was applied among the sample of the present study (n=122). Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis was used. The resulted showed that: the quantitative demands of the job, workpace, sleep disorders and stress can be considered as contributing factors in the prediction of MSD. To reduce the prevalence of PSRF and MSD, the company should implement a  reduction of quantitative demands for the work, and Implementing rest pauses at work according to work tasks.