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The goal of fitting task is popularly known to be ergonomics. Enthusiastic superior ergonomics attains improved productivity thereby improving the health and safety of employees, privileged job contentment and better conformity by means of government set of laws. The broad spectrum of ergonomics ideology with the intention of functional to the place of work embraces aiming for energetic in opposition to static work, keeps away from overload of muscles, to make effective use of work surface heights, avoid deviant postures and educate individuals to utilize workplace, ability and apparatus appropriately. This present work aims to determine the productivity rate of the industry and product produced by the company before and after the intervention of the ergonomic principles to the employees of organization working in various departments. Parameters considered as ergonomics are anthropometry, seat design, manual materials handling, and it focuses on most common musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) such as cumulative trauma disorders and lower back injuries.
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Dora, H.K.M., Siva Rama Krishna, L., Ravinder Reddy, P. (2023). Productivity and Safety Improvement in Industry Using Ergonomics—A Case Study. In: Arockiarajan, A., Duraiselvam, M., Raju, R., Reddy, N.S., Satyanarayana, K. (eds) Recent Advances in Materials Processing and Characterization. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5347-7_1
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