Dr. Pramod N Belkhode
Dr. Kanchan V Borkar
Dr. Manish S Giripunje
Abstract
Loco shed workers are exposed to all kinds of machine and environmental hazards. Workers are subjected to more stresses. Ergonomics tries to achieve comfort to the man and accomplish the work efficiently. Ergonomics deals with man and his working environment, tools, materials and process. Present performance or evaluation of maintenance operation in Loco Shed is not satisfactory. The overall performances of their work activity are not regularly monitored leading to the limited success. Paper details the approach to assist the maintenance managers to optimize maintenance.
Keywords- Maintenance, Loco shed, crank shaft, ergonomic, human energy, productivity.