Mobility in Cleaners’ Clothing and Ergonomics Challenges to Work Efficiency

Juliana Ego Azonuche; Comfort Ukrajit Sonye; Favour Emelie Afam-Osia

doi:10.59890/ijmbi.v3i5.161

Authors

Juliana Ego Azonuche Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State
Comfort Ukrajit Sonye Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumi, Port Harcourt
Favour Emelie Afam-Osia Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59890/ijmbi.v3i5.161

Keywords:

Mobility, Clothing, Ergonomics, Work Efficiency

Abstract

Cleaners in the work place ensure the cleanliness of in and out the office surroundings with adequate clothes for hygiene, safety and efficient work performance. Therefore, this study investigated mobility in Cleaners’ clothing and ergonomics challenges to work efficiency. Three purposes, research questions and hypotheses guided the study. Expo facto research design was adopted using survey research method for the study. Population was 2,961in Delta state civil service. Multi- stage sampling was utilized in the selection of 286 respondents and purposive sampling was used to select nine (9) users for movement analysis. Instrument for data collection were focus group discussion, observation checklist and structured questionnaire. Data collected were analysed with percentages, mean and standard deviation for the research questions, for the hypotheses; Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and t-test at 0.05 level of significance. Findings identified cleaners’ tasks as; to sweep, mop floors, clean spills and windows, vacuum carpets, dust surfaces and ceilings, sanitize rest rooms among others. Also, the practicality and usability of available clothing in carrying out these duties in various movements, posture and positions were observed to be hard. This causes ergonomics challenges such as restriction of movements, ill- health, occupational hazards, lack of safety and inefficiency in tasks accomplishment. Conclusively, since the functions of cleaners are important for hygienic and safe work environment, the job should be done with adequate clothing use for good work productivity and at the same time minimizes work hazards.

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