Improvement of facilities layout planning related with safety: a case study at quarry

Quarrying is valuable to society because its products are used to build roads, buildings, and other infrastructures that people depend on. The condition or environment and safety in the workplace especially in quarry industries should always pay attention to avoid any injuries, accidents, or any...

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Main Authors: Tajurahim, Nurul Ainina Nadhirah, Mahmood, Salwa, Marsi, Noraini, Raja Mamat, Tengku Nur Azila
Other Authors: Mat Hassan, Nik Normunira
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Penerbit UTHM 2021
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Online Access:http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6813/
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6813/1/C3766_751a53ad1240c8071ce62b314b29dca9.pdf
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author Tajurahim, Nurul Ainina Nadhirah
Mahmood, Salwa
Marsi, Noraini
Raja Mamat, Tengku Nur Azila
author2 Mat Hassan, Nik Normunira
author_facet Mat Hassan, Nik Normunira
Tajurahim, Nurul Ainina Nadhirah
Mahmood, Salwa
Marsi, Noraini
Raja Mamat, Tengku Nur Azila
author_sort Tajurahim, Nurul Ainina Nadhirah
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description Quarrying is valuable to society because its products are used to build roads, buildings, and other infrastructures that people depend on. The condition or environment and safety in the workplace especially in quarry industries should always pay attention to avoid any injuries, accidents, or any conflicts which at least reduces the seriousness of the conflict. The purpose of this study is to improve the workflow of the production in the company. Also aimed to study the workflow of production and analyzes the safety issue regarding the workplace. This study focused on the improvement of the factory design in XYZ Quarry product Sdn. Bhd related with safety. The improvement of layout involved the minimization of transportation cost, the relevant distance and time need is 3360 tons per day, and relocated the structure of the production process. The results are also concerned with improving safety in the workplace. In addition, the improvement of layout can reduce the cost of production. Besides, the safety improvement can help to reduce the medical cost for workers’ health care and improve the well-being of the workers.
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spelling uthm-68132022-03-22T01:17:21Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6813/ Improvement of facilities layout planning related with safety: a case study at quarry Tajurahim, Nurul Ainina Nadhirah Mahmood, Salwa Marsi, Noraini Raja Mamat, Tengku Nur Azila T Technology (General) Quarrying is valuable to society because its products are used to build roads, buildings, and other infrastructures that people depend on. The condition or environment and safety in the workplace especially in quarry industries should always pay attention to avoid any injuries, accidents, or any conflicts which at least reduces the seriousness of the conflict. The purpose of this study is to improve the workflow of the production in the company. Also aimed to study the workflow of production and analyzes the safety issue regarding the workplace. This study focused on the improvement of the factory design in XYZ Quarry product Sdn. Bhd related with safety. The improvement of layout involved the minimization of transportation cost, the relevant distance and time need is 3360 tons per day, and relocated the structure of the production process. The results are also concerned with improving safety in the workplace. In addition, the improvement of layout can reduce the cost of production. Besides, the safety improvement can help to reduce the medical cost for workers’ health care and improve the well-being of the workers. Penerbit UTHM Mat Hassan, Nik Normunira Tuan Ismail, Tuan Noor Hasanah Mahmood, Salwa Raja Mamat, Tengku Nur Azila Ang Soon Ern, Peniel 2021 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6813/1/C3766_751a53ad1240c8071ce62b314b29dca9.pdf Tajurahim, Nurul Ainina Nadhirah and Mahmood, Salwa and Marsi, Noraini and Raja Mamat, Tengku Nur Azila (2021) Improvement of facilities layout planning related with safety: a case study at quarry. In: Multidisciplinary Engineering Science and Advanced Technology. Penerbit UTHM, UTHM.
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
Tajurahim, Nurul Ainina Nadhirah
Mahmood, Salwa
Marsi, Noraini
Raja Mamat, Tengku Nur Azila
Improvement of facilities layout planning related with safety: a case study at quarry
title Improvement of facilities layout planning related with safety: a case study at quarry
title_full Improvement of facilities layout planning related with safety: a case study at quarry
title_fullStr Improvement of facilities layout planning related with safety: a case study at quarry
title_full_unstemmed Improvement of facilities layout planning related with safety: a case study at quarry
title_short Improvement of facilities layout planning related with safety: a case study at quarry
title_sort improvement of facilities layout planning related with safety: a case study at quarry
topic T Technology (General)
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6813/
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