1. Work Improvement in Small Enterprises (WISE): good examples from Asia [CD-ROM] [Publications] Compilation of PowerPoint presentations on: 1) Work station design; 2) Physical environment; 3) Productive machine safety; 4) Welfare facilities; 5) Materials storage and handling.

2. Work-stations - Four essential rules - 1.Easy-reach rule: Keep materials, tools, and controls within easy reach 2.Elbow rule: Work at elbow height and with enough leg space 3.Jigs and fixtures rule: Use clamps, jigs, vices and other fixtures 4.Easy-to-distinguish rule: Make displays and controls easy to see and understand

3. Easy-reach rule 1.Keep materials, tools and controls within easy reach 2.Put materials in containers, pallets or racks within easy reach 3.Provide homes for tools

8. Before improvement After improvement

9. Elbow rule 1.Perform work operations at elbow height 2.Use foot platform for small workers, and use work-item stand for tall workers 3.Use good chairs with backrest for seated workers, and use stools for occasional sitting for standing workers 4.Provide enough leg space for both sitting and standing work 5.Allow workers to alternate sitting and standing

20. Before improvement After improvement

21. Jigs and fixtures rule 1.Use jigs and other fixtures to hold work items 2.Use suspended tools which are easily moved 3.Use gravity chutes or rollers to save efforts 4.Use rotatable work-stand for multiple operations

28. Easy-to-distinguish rule 1.Keep important displays and switches within easy reach 2.Make displays and switches easily distinguishable 3.Attach simple worded labels in the local language 4.Make the emergency switch easily visible

32. Work-stations - Four essential rules - 1.Easy-reach rule: Keep materials, tools, and controls within easy reach 2.Elbow rule: Work at elbow height and with enough leg space 3.Jigs and fixtures rule: Use clamps, jigs, vices and other fixtures 4.Easy-to-distinguish rule: Make displays and controls easy to see and understand

33. Physical environment The good physical environment includes: 1.Good lighting; 2.Screening heat, noise, dusts and chemicals; 3.Prevention of fires and electrical accidents.

34. Good lighting conditions at the workplace 1.Make full use of daylight 2.Use local lights for precision work 3.Avoid glare 4.Ensure regular maintenance of light sources

44. Improve premises 1.Protect the workplace from outside heat 2.Use natural ventilation

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52. Good ventilation 1.Increase natural ventilation 2.Use natural upward flow or hot air 3.Use shades to protect the workroom from sun heat 4.Use electrical fans to increase air flow

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60. Isolating sources hazardous to health 1.Move heat, noise, dust and chemical sources from general work areas 2.Use partitions to screen heat, noise, dust and chemical sources 3.Use local exhaust ventilation systems against heat, dust and chemicals

62. Before improvement After improvement

72. Fires and electrical accidents can be prevented by: 1.Using waste containers; 2.Keeping flammable materials away from hot sources and flames; 3.Ensuring electrical circuits are enclosed, insulated and properly fused; 4.Making sure all equipment is earthed.

73. Before improvement After improvement

76. Physical environment The good physical environment includes: 1.Good lighting; 2.Screening heat, noise, dusts and chemicals; 3.Prevention of fires and electrical accidents.

77. Productive machine safety - Four principles - 1.Purchase safe machines in which all points of operation are free from danger 2.Use good feeding and ejection devices free from danger 3.Use guards around danger parts 4.Keep good maintenance of machines

78. Use safe feeding devices 1.Plunger feeding 2.Carousel feeding 3.Gravity feeding and simple chutes

82. Use machine guards around danger parts 1.Fixed guards 2.Adjustable guards 3.Inter-lock guards 4.Two-hand controls

83. Before improvement After improvement

96. Good machine maintenance programme 1.To be done by qualified and trained personnel 2.To include machine guards 3.To lock control mechanisms of machines with a tag stating Danger, Do not operate.

99. Productive machine safety - Four principles - 1.Purchase safe machines in which all points of operation are free from danger 2.Use good feeding and ejection devices free from danger 3.Use guards around danger parts 4.Keep good maintenance of machines

100. Welfare facilities 1.Provide essential facilities 2.Be ready for emergency 3.Use important low-cost facilities

101. Provide essential facilities 1.Drinking water 2.Toilets 3.Wash basins

104. Cold tea

109. Important low-cost facilities 1.Work clothes 2.Lockers and changing rooms 3.Canteens 4.Health services 5.Transport facilities 6.Recreational facilities 7.Child-care facilities

112. Before improvement After improvement

117. Clinic

132. Welfare facilities 1.Provide essential facilities 2.Be ready for emergency 3.Use important low-cost facilities

133. Materials Storage and Handling - Three goals - 1.Better organized storage 2.Fewer and shorter transport and handling work 3.Fewer and more efficient heavy load lifting

136. Better organized storage 1.Take unnecessary materials and products out 2.Place materials never on the floor, but on special storage 3.Use multi-level racks 4.Provide a home for reach tool and work item

152. Fewer and shorter transport and handling operations 1.The more you use it, the closer it should be 2.Use mobile racks 3.Use push-carts and hand trucks 4.Put wheels on tool stands, containers, work-stations and other equipment

162. Fewer and more efficient lifting operations 1.Dont lift loads higher than necessary 2.Move materials at working height 3.Use mechanical lifting devices for more efficient and safer lifting 4.To raise a heavy load, keep the back straight and use muscle power of the leg

171. Materials Storage and Handling - Three goals - 1.Better organized storage 2.Fewer and shorter transport and handling work 3.Fewer and more efficient heavy load lifting