Industrial Ergonomics of Manufacturing Industries in South West Nigeria
Ogundola Ilesanmi Peter *
Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Faculty of Education, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The study was designed to appraise the industrial ergonomics of manufacturing industry in south west Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design the population for the study were foreman, fitter machinists and plant operator who are employee in the manufacturing industry in south west, Nigeria. Four research questions guided the study. The instrument used for data collection was tagged manufacturing industrial ergonomics (MIE) questionnaire. The trial test for determining the coefficient of internal consistency of MIE items with the use of the croubach alpha yielded a coefficient of 0.79. Mean and Standard Deviation (SD) was adopted in answering the research questions raised. The study indicated that the machines, instrument and equipment in use meet ergonomics requirement of employees, most controls in use meets standardized safety requirements. It was however observed that work environment needs improvement among other discoveries. Recommendations were made on modality to improve the ergonomics of the work place.
Keywords: Ergonomics, manufacturing industry, Southwest Nigeria, employees
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