DocumentCode
3576595
Title
Improvement of workstation by providing economically designed chair and table for the water hyacinth weaving department of the Villar foundation
Author
Gamata, D.A.I. ; Orozco, R.H.B. ; Lasema, J.K.C. ; Medina, J.A. ; Mendoza, S.V. ; Garcia, R.J.U.
Author_Institution
Ind. Eng., Univ. of Perpetual Help Syst. DALTA, Las Pinas City, Philippines
fYear
2014
Firstpage
480
Lastpage
484
Abstract
The Villar foundation was established to provide job opportunities for housewives. Weaving section has garnered the highest number of employee turnout and biggest source of income for the company. The researchers focused on how to improve their working condition by providing them a set of ergonomically designed chair and tables to decrease musculoskeletal pain and stress they feel during working and after work; eliminating these emotional, physical and psychological hindrances will increase work effectiveness when it comes to quantity and quality of their work. The researchers provided Nordic questioners to discern the condition of the employees. The researchers also conducted time study to further improve the mechanisms and problems during weaving; the following results showed that there should be an auxiliary enhancement needed to be done.
Keywords
employee welfare; ergonomics; occupational stress; weaving; Villar foundation; economically designed chair; employee condition; ergonomically designed table; musculoskeletal pain; musculoskeletal stress; water hyacinth weaving department; workstation improvement; Employment; Ergonomics; Fatigue; Musculoskeletal system; Pain; Weaving; Workstations; ergonomically designed chair; ergonomics; workstation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2014 IEEE International Conference on
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058684
Filename
7058684
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