INVESTIGATION AND MINIMIZATION OF MUSCULOSKELETAL RISKS IN FURNITURE INDUSTRY WITH DIFFERENT METHODS
Journal Title: Endüstri Mühendisliği - Year 2016, Vol 27, Issue 2
Abstract
Musculoskeletal disorders which are affecting back, legs, arms, neck, wrist etc, frequently found in workers working in jobs that require physical strength. Therefore, in order to reduce the wear conditions of the people in the working environment, to benefit from skills of people more effectively, the spread of ergonomic applications has become mandatory. In this study, work related musculoskeletal disorders were considered as versatile. Ergonomic risk assessment methods in the literatüre were mentioned and work related musculoskeletal disorders in furniture manufacturing were explained. The implementation phase of the study, a furniture factory which is located in a hazard class and industry-leading was preferred. When selecting methods, OWAS, REBA, QEC and ManTRA methods were selected because of they are combined/whole body assessment methods. Ergonomic risk assessments have been made in furniture factory with these 4 methods and solutions have been developed related to identified ergonomic risks.
Authors and Affiliations
Selma KOÇ, Özlem Müge TESTİK
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP631400
- DOI -
- Views 35
- Downloads 0
INVESTIGATION AND MINIMIZATION OF MUSCULOSKELETAL RISKS IN FURNITURE INDUSTRY WITH DIFFERENT METHODS
Musculoskeletal disorders which are affecting back, legs, arms, neck, wrist etc, frequently found in workers working in jobs that require physical strength. Therefore, in order to reduce the wear conditions of the people...
A Maintenance-Oriented Assessment on Aging and Deterioration of Aircraft Cable System
The aging of electrical wiring interconnection systems (EWIS), a maintenance-focused assessment was conducted to determine the level of deterioration of the wire bundles/harness. In a typical aircraft, hundreds of thousa...
PARALLEL PRODUCTION LINES WITH SEQUENCE-DEPENDENT SETUP TIMES AND SIDE CONSTRAINTS
We consider a scheduling problem observed in a soft-drink production facility with multiple production lines and sequence-dependent setup times. The primary objective is to obtain a weekly schedule that minimizes the tot...
THE COMPARISION OF THE FACTORIAL DESIGN EXPERIMENT AND TAGUCHI APPROACH USING THE DATA OF A PRODUCTION COMPANY
In this study, 2k fractional factorial design experiment and Taguchi approach which are used in product design of a company are compared. According to conclusion of these methods as the system performance is at maximum,...
DESIGN OF AN INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE PURCHASED MATERIALS IN A DEFENSE-INDUSTRY COMPANY
In this study, the inventory management system of the purchased materials in a defense industry company, and the problems therein are discussed. The system involved in the project includes the processes from the opening...