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Islamic University of Gaza
Industrial Engineering Department
Safety and Maintenance Improvements
for a Local Factory of Metallic Products
BYHAZEM SHEHADA
MOHAMMED SHAHEENMOHAMMED EL-LAQTTA
MOHAMMED ABU-SHABAN
Submitted to
M.S Waleed Hessen
Introduction:- Here, in our project, we submit some safety and
maintenance improvements for a factory of producing metallic products.
We visited this factory which is located in Salah-Al-Deen street.
We put here in our project, some details and ideas which we discussed to improve safety and maintenance affairs, and as a result improvement productivity and quality for the work.
We found that average rate of accidents isn’t small when comparing with the rate of production which is already so small.
Introduction The area of this factory is about 1500 m2
The main product is the Gas tube (by all of standard sizes) which is produced there, beside some other secondary metallic products.
The factory exports products to the west bank, beside supplying local markets in Gaza.
Actual workers in the factory are about 10, when the real work sequence needs more than 60 worker.
Actual production rate is about 100 gas tube / day.
This factory had been affected a lot by the current Palestinian Intefada which made products way to the west bank much difficult , reducing number of workers, and decreased production.
SAFETY OF WORKERSProblems
We saw that the workers didn’t apply safety constructions in their work.
They didn’t wear special uniform, gloves, eyes , head , earn, and respiratory protection, as in welding and deep drawing operations .
SAFETYWORKER
SAFETYOF WORKER
SAFETY OF WORKERS
PROTECTION FOR WORKERHead Protection
Safety helmets are used to protect the head from falling objects and from bangs against obstructions. They are made from a strong, lightweight, plastic material. On inside is a harness made from polythene which has adjustable straps to fit the head. Some are designed so that safety goggles can be easily fitted to the helmet.
Caps are used to keep the head and hair dry and clean and to prevent the hair from catching in the revolving parts of machine.
EYE AND FACE PROTECTION
Eye protectors are used to protect the eyes from injury. The accidents to the eyes are very painful and often result in permanent damage or blindness. So we will have to choose the correct type of eye protector for the kind of work being done.
Spectacles are used to prevent accidents from small chippings or particles of brittle materials such as when drilling or cutting process.
Goggles are used to protect the eyes in conditions where there is dust, chemicals.
Face screens are used to protect the eyes and face from small particles and flying objects.
HAND PROTCTION
Industrial gloves are used to protect the hands and wrists from injury. Cuts, abrasions and burns are the most common injuries. These are often caused when working with materials which have sharp edges. Burns are the result of handling hot metals.
Armored gloves have metal staples across the finger. These gloves are used when lifting metals and component which have very sharp edges on them.
Chrome leather gauntlets are longer in length than gloves. This gives protection to the wrist and bottom part of the arm. These used to handle hot items.
FOOT PROTECTION
Safety boots and shoes are used to protect the feet and toes from injury caused by heavy and sharp objects dropping on them.
The bottom or soles of them can resist heat, oil, others have steel plates or studs on the soles and heels to withstand heavy wear.
EAR AND MOUTH PROTECTION
Ear protectors, sometimes called ear muffs or ear shells, are used to protect the ears from damage caused by loud and prolonged noise. Another use is to reduce noise level so that the worker can concentrate.
Protective masks are used to protect the lungs from Toxic and non-toxic dusts.
Decibel levels for Various SoundsEnvironmental Noises Common Noise Sources Decibels
Jet takeoff (200 ft) 120Casting shakeout area Riveting machine 110
Electric furnace area
Printing press plant
Pneumatic peen hammer,textile weaving plantSubway train
100
90
Veryannoying
Inside sports car (50 mph)
Near freeway (auto traffic)
Pneumatic drillFreight trainVacuum cleaner (10 ft)Speech (1 ft)
80
70
Earprotectionrequired ifexposed 8hours ormore
Large storePrivate business officeLight traffic (100ft) Large transformer (200ft)
60
50
Intrusive
QuietMinimum levels, residentialareas in Chicago at night Soft whisper
40
30 Very quiet
Earprotection required
BODY PROTECTION AND TOTAL PROTECTION
Boiler suits are used to protect the body when working in dusty or dirty conditions. They fit close to the body and are safer to wear than loose jackets or shirts.
Total protection is essential when using portable tools such as disc grinders.
This is because the body has to be protected from dirt, the feet from falling objects, the eyes from sparks, the lungs from grinding dust, and the ears from noise.
ELECTRICAL SAFETYProblems
The workers are in direct contact with wires, and electrical shocks may occur as the body becomes a part of electric circuit.
Many fires may occur as a result of increased current flows through wires beside the absence of regulator devices.
Disarrangement of wires inhibits maintenance and good movements .
ELECTRICAL SYESTEM
ELECTRICAL SYESTEM
ELECTRICAL SAFETY PROTECTION
Designing electrical equipment to reduce contact with humans.
Arrangement of wires and insulating them from contact with workers.
Wires for the same purposes should be collected together in order to keep easy for maintenance.
designing for ( wall electricity supplies and wires) to keep easy for good movements and fire protection.
ELECTRICAL SAFETY PROTECTION
Sealed Equipment : are used for electrical equipment to be sealed from heating environment.
Over current: devices: are used to regulate current flow through wires.
Individual circuit breakers : if a hazardous action is happened ,it breaks the current flow through any machine has an electrical problem .
ELECTRICAL SAFETY PROTECTION
Conduit and protective coverings: one of the reasons for placing electrical lines in metal condition is to prevent physical damage to them.
Another reason is to reduce the change of contact with energized conductors.
TOOLS,MACHINES AND EQUIPMENTSProblems and Protection
1. Deep Drawing Machines
The worker fixes the work piece manually.
Hazard: that fingers of the worker are in direct contact with the die.
Protection:
Fixing guards in a machine to keep worker hands so far away from the direct contact.
DEEP DRAWING DEPARTMENT
DEEP DRAWING DEPARTMENT
DEEP DRAWING DEPARTMENT
TOOLS,MACHINES AND EQUIPMENTS Machine Guarding
For machine guarding the most common ways are lexan, light curtains, mats, and palm buttons.
The lexan type windows have switches on them so you can tell when they are in place or removed.
The light curtains are nice but expensive. When you stick your hand (or anything else!) in the
light curtain, it closes a contact which tells the system to stop or pause.
Safety mats are placed around the machine and when someone steps on the mat a contact is closed telling the system to stop.
TOOLS,MACHINES AND EQUIPMENTS Machine Guarding
The palm buttons are a pair of buttons that require the operator to have their hands on the buttons for the machine to operate.
You assume that their hands are not in the machine. Operators try to place heavy objects on the palm buttons so their hands can be free.
Therefore you require (logic in your controller) that they remove their hands between sequences so that operators can not simply set something on the buttons.
There are now optical "palm buttons" where the operators rest their fingers in a cup -- instead of holding down push buttons.
TOOLS,MACHINES AND EQUIPMENTSProblem and Protection
2. Shot Bearing Machine
The process shots a small particles by high velocity, with generating resulted dust.
Protection :
Fixing guards in a machine to keep the workers from particles.
Vents should be used to eliminate this dust .
TOOLS,MACHINES AND EQUIPMENTSProblem and Protection
3. Welding Machine This operation ( welding ) was an unsafe act as
the worker body is in contact with equipments without a barrier from arcs.
It’s done through the general environment of the factory, without insulators from air gases.
Protection: welding equipment and operation should be
performed in a suitable environment which is insulated from gases.
Good training for workers is important for reaching safety.
Welding Department
Welding Department
TOOLS,MACHINES AND EQUIPMENTSProblem and Protection
Most of machines in the factory couldn’t be stopped directly from an existed stopping tool in emergency. (a separated tool)
Protection: Emergency stop controls should be
used. Such as , a button in the machine itself.
TOOLS,MACHINES AND EQUIPMENTS
GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONSFOR MACHINCES AND EQUPMENTS SAFETY
DO1. Keep machine clean and in good condition.2. Ensure that you know how to stop your machine
before starting it.3. Switch off machine immediately if anything goes
wrong.4. Keep machine and surrounding area tidy.5. Check oil levels before first starting machine.6. Check direction of cutter rotation before starting.7. Replace any worn or damaged nuts, bolts, clamps,
ets.
GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONSFOR MACHINCES AND EQUPMENTS SAFETY
8. Switch off machine at the mains at the end of each shift.
9. Remove the chuck key before starting rotation of chuck.
10. Ensure that all guards are in position before starting machine.
11. Ensure that everything is properly clamped and secured before starting machine.
12. Ensure that the feed mechanism is not engaged before starting machine.
GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONSFOR MACHINCES AND EQUPMENTS SAFETY
DO NOT1. Do not fool about on a machine.2. Do not attempt to operate the machine until
you are sure you understand it.3. Do not attempt to change the direction or
speed of the spindle whilst it is in motion.4. Do not mount or use a cracked or damaged
drill or cutter.5. Do not tamper with the machine.
GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONSFOR MACHINCES AND EQUPMENTS SAFETY
6. Do not remove stops or trip dogs in an attempt to obtain more table travel, or the machine may be seriously damaged.
7. Do not remove guards unless the machine is stopped.
8. Do not touch revolving tools or cutters.
9. Do not lean on the machine.
MATERIAL HANDLINGProblems The common type of handling is manual in this
factory. The hazards result from this type is: Biomechanical analysis of lifting gives up in sight
into some of problems:1. When a person lifts and carries an object the
moment is greater when the load is held for far from body.
2. As in carrying the finished product the size of container makes the carrying be far from body.
3. This moment increases the effort on muscles and may causes injury.
MATERIAL HANDLING STORAGE OF MATERIAL
MATERIAL HANDLING STORAGE OF MATERIAL
MATERIAL HANDLING STORAGE OF MATERIAL
MATERIAL HANDLING STORAGE OF MATERIAL
MATERIAL HANDLING STORAGE OF MATERIAL
MATERIAL HANDLINGSTORAGE OF MATERIAL
The arrangement of materials in shelves is not sufficient as many some objects falls over the worker.
This result to a potential for injury from poorly storing of materials.
This also result to an interruption in handling of these materials.
Improper segregation of material may create hazards from fire and corrosion.
MATERIAL HANDLINGA Method to Improve Current Flow of Materials .
Using (From –To Chart) by taking distance as the entries of the followed
matrix.
MATERIAL HANDLINGFrom-to-Chart (current flow)
Stores Assembly drawing welding furnace shot painting
Stores
Assembly 12drawing 4welding 20furnace 25shot 4painting 15
MATERIAL HANDLINGFrom-to-Chart (Improved flow)
drawing welding Assembly shot furnace painting stores
drawing 4welding 20Assembly 12shot 4furnace 25painting 15stores
MATERIAL HANDLINGFrom-to-Matrix (Distance Units Entries)
Moment (current layout) =
15*6 + 2*20 + 4*1 + 4*1+ 12*4 + 25*2 = 211 m Moment (improved layout) =
4 + 20 + 12 + 4 + 25 + 15 = 80 m The current layout indicate that we need a
travel distance of 211 m. By rearrangement of layout, the flow distance
travel is reduced to 80 m.
MATERIAL HANDLINGReceiving/Shipping The space for shipping and receiving is small.
scraps, waste materials are accumulated close to this space. In the other hand, the gate does not permit good movements of vans and containers of raw materials.
Controls: Design a separated department for receiving
and inspection closed to the gate. Replace the location of the gate to be in front
of the main street which makes shipping and receiving easier where main street is wider.
MATERIAL HANDLINGSTORAGE CONTROL OF MATERIALS
“A place for every thing and every thing in its place”, is important for controlling hazards of materials storage, well planned, organized and maintained materials areas are essential.
Proper stacking is important as many kinds of materials are packaged.
Retaining walls can keep bulk materials from spreading out on collapsing on some one or equipment.
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETYFireFloor IlluminationVentilation
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETYFIRE
May result in this factory from:
Improper process of welding: As the worker is kept in touch with the flame of
welding equipments without any guards and personal safety equipments.
Some welding operations needs high temperature exceeds 1000c.
Improper electricity system:Explained previously
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETYFIRE
Preventative controls: Fixing fire call equipments (Alarms). Designing of vents to allow hot gases to
escapes. The implementation of the safety is the
responsibility of the all workers inside the facility.
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETYFLOOR As shown in photos, waste materials and
scarp are accumulated in many places on the floor which inhibits better flow of materials and movement of workers.
Oil and some lubricants spread is everywhere existed on the floor, that may cause slipping for workers.
As a result, morale of working are decreasing for employers and employees, beside a bad appearance for the whole factory.
GIGO: Garbage In, Garbage Out.
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETYFLOOR
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETYFLOOR
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETYFLOOR
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETYFLOOR
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETYFLOOR
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETYFLOOR
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETYFLOOR Control
Applying periodic maintenance to the floor (Cleaning periodically), by decreasing wastes by all of its kinds, and preventing oils from leakage to floor.
Designing containers for garbage and wastes of materials in all over the factory.
As a result, movement will be easier for workers and materials. In addition, giving a better appearance for the whole factory.
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY Illumination
Approximately, it was suitable for the whole work.
Nobody complained from the degree of lighting inside the factory.
The lighting system depends on electrical sources, and holes around the building.
There’s no important improvements in this point.
Recommended Levels of Illumination
Good contrast,fairly large
objects
Task Condition Illumination Level(Ft-C)
100
Normal detail,prolonged
periods
20-50
5-10
Large objects 2-5
Type of Taskor Area
Type ofIllumination
Overhead ceilinglights and desk
lamp
Sewing,inspecting
dark materials
Small detail;Extremeaccuracy
Recreationalfacilities
Reading, partsassembly, general
office work
Restaurants,stairways,
warehouses
Overhead ceilinglights
Overhead ceilinglights
Overhead ceilinglights
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY Illumination
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY Illumination
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETYVentilation
Ventilation is an important method for allowing hot gases and dusts to be escaped .
Number of vents weren’t enough in many places, and other places were without.
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETYVentilation
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETYVentilation
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETYVentilation Control
Vents should be located within each area or section of work.
As a result, workers morale will be increased by existed cleaned air .
THE GATE SYSTEM PROBLEMS
It moves vertically without inefficient stops ,which may causing falling over workers.
It has a heavy weight to open. Waste materials are accumulated near the
gate which inhibits a good movements and transportation.
Designing of location of the gate is not suitable, that it makes difficulty in entrance and outrace of lorries ( receiving and shipping operations).
THE GATE SYSTEM
Conclusion After visiting this factory, and taking notes,
discussing the current situation, then putting our mentioned ideas and details to improve the safety and maintenance affairs, which directly will improve the productivity and quality of production, beside decreasing costs.
Following our theoretical work in this project have to be applied practically to show the benefits of applying all of our mentioned ideas.
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1. ROGER BRAUER ”SAFETY AND HEALTH FOR ENGINEERS”,1994.
2. G. TOMILNSON ”INDUSTRIAL WORKSHOP PRACTICE “ 1984.
3. KEMPSTER “ WORKSHP TECHNOLOGY FOR TECHNICIANS” 1970.
4. NUNNALLY “ MANAGING CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT “ 1987.