Occupational Risks and Hazards at Rotary Screen Printing

Textile industry has been identified as a high risk sector, for Occupational hazards. Knowing the hazards and deficiencies, is a paramount step, on the road to their eradication or minimization. This book is a compilation of original research papers on selected occupational risks and hazards at textile manufacturing. In particular, Octrooi Aangevraagd rotary screen printing machine is the subject of the investigations. This book starts-with a Time Study of the machine operations, followed by Survey on/Analysis of: (i) Musculoskeletal Disorders; (ii) Machine Operators¿Posture via Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA); (iii) Psychosocial and Mechanical Exposure; (iv) Manual Materials Handling; (v) Pushing and Pulling; and (vi) Control of Chemical Hazards via Cleaner Production Approaches. More than 800 published documents were reviewed, providing a solid theoretical foundation for this book; in addition this book also offers a brutally honest and detailed reflection of the current printing practices,which will benefit the relevant textile industry professionals; Engineering Ergonomists; designers of textile machinery; OSH specialists,as well as textile Engineerin academia and students.