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PT SAS Kreasindo Utama Tegal is a company engaged in manufacturing furniture or wooden furniture, the company has around 1400 employees. The production process involves five departments: sawmill, roughmill, machining, assembling, and packing. Employees working in industrial environments, particularly in production, frequently face occupational risks both during and after work. These risks often stem from job demands, leading to injuries or musculoskeletal complaints. This issue is particularly prevalent among double planer machine operators who perform repetitive tasks like bending and lifting. To address or minimize these complaints, it is crucial to improve work posture. The Ovako Working Analysis System (OWAS) method will be employed to assess and analyze work posture. The findings revealed that prior to improvements, the work posture for loading materials into the machine using wooden pallets positioned below knee height received an OWAS code of 2173-3. This indicates that the operator's back posture was bent forward and backward, both arms were at shoulder level, the feet were moving or shifting, and the operator was lifting loads between 10 and 20 kilograms, highlighting the need for immediate corrective action. In contrast, when the pallet height was adjusted to above knee level, the OWAS code improved to 1122-1, signifying no need for further improvement. To address the issue, a roller table was introduced as a work aid to reduce the operator's burden. Following this intervention, the work posture score improved to 1121-1, representing a normal posture with very low risk.