WRTG 394 Research-Based Report
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To: The Company Supervisor
From: Mandy Francisco, Shift Manager
Date: May 27, 2020
Subject: Request to conduct research on the production facility.
Summary:
Machino company has been using outdated pieces of equipment for their production of goods. I am writing this memo on behalf of every employee in the company to solve the issue. Continuing to use this faulty equipment could physically harm an employee and jeopardize the company as a whole. This issue should be mandatory for the health and safety of every person in the company.
Stating the Problem and the Reason to Conduct Further Investigation:
The company has been using defective equipment for their production. Some of the company workers engage daily in hazardous activities such as heavy lifting, rigging wires, cutting metal, soldering, and liquefying the solid materials,
A selected trusted employee of Machino and I conducted a tour of the company warehouse. During the trip, I spoke with company employees on the job and asked questions about current equipment conditions and employee training. I annotated many deficiencies during this tour.
Through this tour, we concluded that there was a lack of safety training on the employees. All employees mentioned that they only had one safety training when they which was during the admittance to their current job positions. Additionally, there are no documents that show the practice of preventative maintenance checks on each equipment. When given the question of how often preventative maintenance checks were performed to each employee, there was no consistent answer. Every claim was through word of mouth.
This evidence proves that there is either little to no preventative maintenance checks. Most accidents happen due to things mentioned, such as outdated pieces of equipment, lack of preventative maintenance checks, and consistent safety training of each employee. This indication proved the need for further investigation.
Secondary Research:
The secondary research I have conducted about the problem is touring your manufacturing plan. Through my observations, most workers have been using low-level equipment for seven years since production. There is evidence of rust, corrosion, and framing on most of the machines. Every employer should make the safety of employees a priority. Employers should know that all the employees have sufficient knowledge and proper training to use it safely.
· Equipment must be suitable for the job it is assigned to perform.
· Maintaining the types of equipment to keep safe all the times
· Regularly inspected the material, if any wear and tear might compromise the safety.
· Evaluate the levels of noise and vibration that transmits to operators and drivers.
Primary Research:
I will conduct a quality risk analysis by interviewing working employees. I will ask every employee what types of equipment they are using if anyone has been injured due to any faulty pieces of equipment, check all the material for any crack or tear, and ask them how often the equipment check is happening. Here; some of my recommendations points for the company could benefit from it if proper steps are taken:
· Check the equipment in a good state or adequately working to avoid a risk of injury.
· Check the usages of the material that used only for the operations and the appropriate condition.
· Make sure that the compatibility of the equipment which are used together.
· Check and identify the computer which requires to be testing or examining at several intervals.
· Make sure that all employees are wearing proper equipment and carrying appropriate components during working hours.
· Always try to retain archives of testing, preventative maintenance checks, servicing, and inspections.
· Always instruct the employees to conduct physical checks before handling equipment.
· Ensure that employees are aware of possible safety hazards that their job title entails. Provide all the necessary information, instructions for the safe operation of equipment.
· Employees must be in the right place and time before using equipment that has special handling procedures to ensure the operation safety.
Benefits of my Research and Recommendations:
When the potential sources of safety hazards are implemented, it is attainable to maintain safety in a manufacturing plant. Upon this case, my recommendation will be to perform a practical risk assessment. The only correct way to assess the risk is to identify the risk level of any hazard, review the care and operational conditions of any factory equipment, and endorse the required measures of control.
A suggestion that might help is a contemporary and controlled system such as FMEA and Andon Board to help manufacture facility floors and manage safety risks. The FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis) can predetermine and make predictions of potential failures, and possible safety risk encounters in the streamlined procedure. FMEA techniques use features such as the problem severity, the reasoning behind the incident, and simplicity of detection to control the complete risk assessment of the manufacturing ground.
Andon Board helps the industrial plants direct a message to the employees to detect possible issues that could arise regarding special equipment. This message helps the team to get ahead and take necessary action before any accident happens. Thus, it will reduce the risk of workplace accidents.
Conclusion:
The recommendations described in my memo are guidance a practical approach to manage to minimize the risk on the manufacturing floor. Only the right training and proper preventive measure can ricochet the chance found in the manufacturing plant. Misuse of equipment can cause serious risks. Hence, a need for consistent quarterly safety training should be provided and ensuring that proper protective gear is always used while using work equipment.
References:
Reniers, G. (2017). On the future of safety in the manufacturing industry. Procedia Manufacturing, 13, 1292-1296.
Tarasova, E. V., Moskvicheva, N. V., & Nikulina, E. N. (2019). Simulation-Based Improvement in the Models for Tool-Inventory Management at Manufacturing Plants. Russian Engineering Research, 39(2), 160-166.
Sharma, K. D., & Srivastava, S. (2018). Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) implementation: a literature review. J. Adv. Res. Aeronaut. Space Sci, 5, 1-17.
Cochran, D. S., Hendricks, S., Barnes, J., & Bi, Z. (2016). Extension of manufacturing system design decomposition to implement manufacturing systems that are sustainable. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 138(10).