Can Time-Motion be Used to Reduce Occupational Hazards in Fleshing Process?

Simon Thomas; Mahadevan Surianarayanan; Asit Baran Mandal

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.592-594.2481

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Can Time-Motion be Used to Reduce Occupational Hazards in Fleshing Process?

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The leather manufacturing industry consists of several small-scale enterprises. Continuous efforts are made to improve the occupational safety of the workforce and productivity of these enterprises. In this manuscript, one of the important steps in pre-tanning process of leather manufacturing i.e., fleshing process is considered for a detailed study. The motion study identified that proper synchronization of movements by the workers would result in 18% reduction in the total number of movements. Time study revealed that proper implementation of the suggestions made in this manuscript would reduce the number of flips required for completing the fleshing process from 4 to 3 thereby saving approximately 7 seconds in the fleshing process per skin. This study therefore represents one of the first efforts to take a comprehensive look at productivity, ergonomics and safety of pre-tanning processes in Indian leather industry.

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Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 592-594)

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Simon Thomas, Mahadevan Surianarayanan*, Asit Baran Mandal

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Industrial Hygiene, Leather Manufacturing, Occupational Safety, Time Motion Study

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