Ergonomics Safety Approach In Welding Shop (A Case Study In UTeM)

Sally, Yeoh Sheue Ling (2008) Ergonomics Safety Approach In Welding Shop (A Case Study In UTeM). Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

This paper represents a case study which investigated the safety ergonomics problems faced in the welding workshop of Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka. The safety welding is investigated to increase the safety awareness of users in the welding workshop. The ergonomic safety concept will be focused in the interaction between users and the welding activities. Welders who perform the welding tasks under heat stress always experience with various types of injuries such as MSD, CTD, low back pain, skin burns, eyes pain and others. This indirectly influenced concentration in their welding task because of the injuries suffers. The risk of the hazards and injuries are still increasing although there are a lot of safety rules created in the welding shop. Most of the safety devices have been provided in the workshop but the concept about ergonomic safety do not enhance well. This will affect performance of the welders in their works. Besides, the project will also brief through a lot on postural analysis. The approach method used in this thesis is observation method. The welding safety awareness checklist is used to expose the safety precaution and help to provide suggestions or ideas in the work improvement while the RULA software is used to assess the welding postures in the welding workshop. From the results, there are a lot of safety issues that should be concerned about such as the hazards precaution, personal protective equipments, workstation etc. The welding postures should be improved since most of the postures posed are out of the safe range. A lot of revised were done to improve the working posture. Hence, the ergonomics concept should be introduced so that users can practice healthier life and avoid from injuries when conducting their works in welding workshop. A lot of suggestions to improve the safety and welding postures problems are proposed and presented in this paper.

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