Ergonomics in the Garment Industry

Ergonomics in the Garment Industry

Ergonomics in the Garment Industry discusses the importance of ergonomics in the garment industry, with a detailed scientific analysis and examples from the garment industry. Application of ergonomics through the standardization of micro and macro environment in the garment industry provides an example of how to design the present and future processes; increases the efficiency and productivity of production; improves health, safety and comfort of people in the working environment.Knowledge of ergonomic conditions prevents employee discomfort, fatigue and physical injury. Injury related to poor ergonomic conditions can be prevented by designing the physical work environment around the physical needs of individual employees. Therefore, it is necessary to know physiological, psycho-sociological and anthropometric ergonomic conditions.It is important to analyze each workplace in the production of garments and find the way how to reduce the health problems of workers to a minimum with maximum increase of productivity. Chapters analyze divisions of ergonomics; conditions of work; ergonomic principles in designing workplace, working processes and environment, determining working time and handling material; ergonomics in the storage of textile materials; ergonomics workplaces in garment manufacture preparation, cutting room, sewing room and finishing room, and garment warehouse and stores.Publisher: Woodhead Publishing India Pvt. Ltd.303, Vardaan House,7/28, Ansari Road, DaryaganjNew Delhi 110002Tel:+91 (011) 43612145,91-11-23266107Email:deepak@sarabooksindia.comwpi@woodheadpublishingindia.comwww.woodheadpublishingindia.comISBN: 9789380308265Pages: 220Table of Contents:1ERGONOMICS DEVELOPMENT1.1Definition ofergonomics1.2Historyof ergonomics1.3 Standards2DIVISIONS OF ERGONOMICS2.1 Categories ofergonomics2.1.1Physical ergonomics2.1.2Cognitive ergonomics2.1.2.1Aspects of cognitive ergonomics2.1.3Organizational ergonomics2.2Types of ergonomics2.2.1Conceptual ergonomics2.2.2System ergonomics2.2.3Corrective ergonomics2.2.4Software ergonomics2.2.5Hardware ergonomics2.3 Micro-ergonomics and macro-ergonomics3ERGONOMIC CONDITIONS OF WORK3.1Physiological conditions3.2Psycho-sociological conditions3.2.1.Motivation3.2.2 Fatigue, monotony and stress3.3Anthropometric conditions3.3.1Biomechanics3.4Ecological conditions4ERGONOMIC PRINCIPLES4.1Ergonomic principles in designing workplace4.1.1Analysis of workplace4.1.2Analysis of movement4.1.3Standingworkplace4.1.4Sittingworkplace4.2 Ergonomic principles in designing working processes4.3Ergonomic principles in determining working time4.4Ergonomic principles in handling material and tools4.5Ergonomic principles in designing environment4.5.1Microclimate4.5.2Light4.5.3Noise4.5.4Vibration4.5.5Colour and music4.5.6Hygienic conditions5 ERGONOMIC DESIGN OF WORKPLACE IN GARMENT INDUSTRY5.1Ergonomicsin the storageof textile materials5.2 Ergonomicsworkplacesingarment manufacturepreparation5.3 Ergonomics in cutting room5.4Ergonomics insewing room5.5Ergonomicsinfinishing room5.6Ergonomics workplaces in garment warehouse anddistribution5.7Ergonomics workplaces in theclothing store5.8Ergonomics maintenanceworkplacesIndex