Conference Papers: Recent submissions
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Optimization temperature level toward workers’ productivity
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)Production of automotive parts is among the largest contributor to economic earnings in Malaysia. The dominant work involve in producing automotive part were manual assembly process. Where it is definitely used a manpower ... -
Occupational Safety and Health Management System (OSH-MS) for sewage treatment plants
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)Wastewater treatment plant operators are exposed to a variety of hazardous chemical agents contained within the effluents and the reagents used in the wastewater processing or generated during the wastewaters treatment. ... -
Faktor kejayaan yang kritikal (CSF) terhadap perlaksanaan TSM dalam industri pembuatan di Malaysia
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)Sistem keselamatan yang efektif amat penting untuk memastikan sesebuah organisasi kekal berdaya saing dengan ertikata dapat menepati masa respons, menjimatkan kos dan meningkatkan imej syarikat tanpa masalah keselamatan ... -
Barriers to incident reporting among doctors and nurses in a Specialist Government Hospital in the state of Kedah, Malaysia
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)Context: Barriers which cause underreporting of incidents among doctors and nurses have been explored in various scholarly literatures abroad. However, less is known about the barriers to incident reporting in our current ... -
Amalan Pengurusan Keselamatan Menyeluruh atau Total Safety Management (TSM) dalam industri pembuatan di Malaysia
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)Sistem Pengurusan Keselamatan Menyeluruh atau Total Safety Management (TSM) merupakan konsep pengurusan Keselamatan dan Kesihatan Pekerjaan (KKP) alternatif yang baru diperkenalkan dan mula diamalkan dalam industri pembuatan ... -
Postural angle measurement: manual vs. picture recognition software
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)At present, there are vast selections of ergonomics measurement tools that have been developed for tasks, equipments and environments analysis. The measurement method for ergonomic assessment is done either by traditional ... -
Investigation of ergonomic risk factors in a car tyre service centre
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)The purpose of this study was to investigate the ergonomic risk factors, the prevalence of body discomfort among workers and sources of injury/discomfort in a car tyre service centre. Questionnaire survey and interview ... -
Investigation on the relation of mental workload and mental performance: emphasis on gender
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)This paper provides a structured procedure to evaluate the effect of mental workload and mental performance experimentally. The objective of this study is to investigate the relation and pattern of mental performance using ... -
Ergonomics risk factors at manufacturing industry: a prelude study
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)Manufacturing industry has been recognized as a vital contributor to nation economy as it offers enormous job opportunities to local and foreign workers. In recognition the importance of manufacturing industry, workplaces ... -
Ergonomic problems in Universiti Utara Malaysia lecturers’ room
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)The understanding of ergonomic issues is essential in improving human performance. By analyzing the interaction between humans and other elements of a system, human well-being and overall system performance could be ... -
Ergonomic assessment of working postures in semiconductor manufacturing processes
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)A cross-sectional study of semiconductor manufacturing processes was conducted to evaluate the ergonomic working postures of the workers. A main objective of this study was to identify and quantify ergonomics working postures ... -
Driver fatigue and driving performance among drivers in Simulated Prolonged Driving
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)Motor vehicle accident is a major problem in Malaysia. The statistics for a ten year periods (1997 to 2007) shows an increasing number of accidents. Fatigue and drowsiness among the commercial drivers has been identified ... -
Application of TRIZ in ergonomics problem solving
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)All ergonomics injuries are handled in a reactive manner whereby corrective actions are thought of after the fact when injuries occur. Even at times, wrong root causes were identified and as a result, incorrect preventive ... -
A study on noise exposure and its effects on employees’ health, safety and productivity in plastic based industry
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)The objective of this paper is to present a study on noise exposure and its effects on employees’ health, safety and influence to their productivity performance. In this study noise levels were measured at several work ... -
Recommended furniture dimension for primary school children in Malaysia
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)The objective of this study is to proposed the new furniture dimension based on Malaysia’s school children anthropometry. This study presents the result of an anthropometric survey conducted on standard 2 and 5 of primary ... -
Job rotation: cost-effective way to manage ergonomics risk at work
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)Ergonomics is still a new venture for many industries, especially for small medium industries and even some multinational companies. It became more challenging during current economic condition, whereby ergonomics not ... -
Development of ergonomic furniture for primary school in Malaysia: industrial design process
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)The implementation of ergonomics improvement is a new concept in Malaysian society. Currently in Malaysia, there has been no record that a school infrastructures such as building, school layout, classroom and the school ... -
Development model for sustainable production system in manufacturing firm
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)This paper describes the development model for sustainable production system in manufacturing industry which demonstrates how organizations will achieve the best possible health outcomes and productivity at the same ... -
Determining preferred work posture in repetitive task for various work load and height
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)Manual material handling involving lifting, bending and twisting motions of torso is one of the major causes of lower back pain. The lower back is perhaps the most vulnerable link of the musculoskeletal system in material ... -
Design of an Ergonomic Chuck Key
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)In this modern manufacturing Industry, Computer Numerical Control (CNC) lathe machine is diminishes away the traditional manually operated lathe machine. However, most of the Higher learning Institutions and Skills Training ...