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The purpose of this study is to provide the basic data of the evaluation methodology in order to apply the ergonomic program for industrial workplace. The result is helpful to establish the improvement alternatives that considered the assessment tools suitable work characteristics in order to prevent musculoskeletal disorders in workplace. We analysed the collected data of workers complaining of musculoskeletal-related pains during 4 months using musculoskeletal administration program(WinCare). As the results, the pained workers had mostly a pain in low back. The results showed that the pained workers in the automotive manufacturing industry pained in several body parts because they worked using the whole body. Also, most of pained workers in the electronic industry and the other industry pained respectively in the upper limb and low back related heavy load handling. That is due to difference of body parts used in each industry. The approach of this study will help to more precise assessment of the ergonomic work postures when establishing the ergonomic improvement plan, especially to consider the application method to workplace using the suitable ergonomic assessment tools classified by type of industry.