IS4001 Work Study and Ergonomics Syllabus:
IS4001 Work Study and Ergonomics Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVES:
To study the applications of ergonomic principles and physiology of workers
To know the concepts of personal protective equipment and its usages
To create the knowledge in process and equipment design in safety aspects
UNIT I WORK STUDY
Study of operations – work content – work procedure – breakdown – human factors – safety and method study – methods and movements at the workplace – substitution with latest devices – robotic concepts – applications in hazardous workplaces – productivity, quality and safety (PQS).
UNIT II ERGONOMICS
Definition – applications of ergonomic principles in the shop floor – work benches – seating arrangements – layout of electrical panels- switch gears – principles of motion economy – location of controls – display locations – machine foundations – work platforms, fatigue, physical and mental strain – incidents of accident – physiology of workers.
UNIT III PERSONAL PROTECTION
Concepts of personal protective equipment – types – selection of PPE – invisible protective barriers – procurement, storage, inspection and testing – quality – standards – ergonomic considerations in personal protective equipment design.
UNIT IV PROCESS AND EQUIPMENT DESIGN
Process design – equipment – instrument – selection – concept modules – various machine tools – inbuilt safety – machine layout-machine guarding-safety devices and methods – selection, inspection, maintenance and safe usage – statutory provisions, operator training and supervision – hazards and prevention.
UNIT V MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS
Job and personal risk factors – standards-selection and training-body size and posture-body dimension (static/dynamic) – adjustment range – penalties – guide lines for safe design and postures – evaluation and methods of reducing posture strain.
Man-machine interface-controls -types of control-identification and selection-types of displays compatibility and stereotypes of important operations-fatigue and vigilance-measurement characteristics and strategies for enhanced performance.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
The students will be able
1. To know in work procedure and applications in hazardous
2. Incorporate human factors in design of Personal protective equipment
3. Know the risk factors, guide lines for safe design of man machine systems considering human factors
REFERENCES
1. “Accident Prevention Manual for Industrial Operations”, NSC Chicago, 1982.
2. “Work Study”, National Productivity Council, New Delhi, 1995.
3. E.J.Mc Cormick and M.S.Sanders “Human Factors in Engineering and Design”, TMH, New Delhi, 1982.
4. Hunter, Gomas, “Engineering Design for Safety”, Mc Graw Hill Inc., 1992.
5. Introduction to Work Study”, ILO, Oxford and IBH Publishing company, Bombay, 1991”.
6. Mundel, Motion and Time Study, 6th Edition, Allied Publishers, Madras, 1989.
7. W.Benjamin Neibal Motion and Time Study, 9th Edition 1993.