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Posted By Andrew J. Boyle
Hi All,
In my warehouse (which stocks lengths of ali, steel and wood) we have a small area segregated by 3/4 height walls that create a small machine room with the following equipment:
1x Cross Saw
1x Table Saw
1x Folder
1x Band-saw
1x Guillotine
There are only two members of staff who work in this area.
And here is the question, I have only started in post at the company and I have been asked by the staff they would like to have rubber fatigue mats for each machine (the warehouse has a solid concrete floor).
Does anyone know of any solid information that shows fatigue mats are of any use. I have approved there purchase, but my senior managers would like something to read..
Can anyone help me?
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Posted By Merv Newman
Andy,
can't help you with a source. Don't know if there is one. but every maintenance worker I have talked to has appreciated being able to stand on a rubber mat rather than the concrete floor.
In my own plant we laid carpet tiles around lathes, millers and drillers. This was mainly because a small piece which had taken hours to make would bend if dropped on the concrete but would bounce from the carpet. Economics in action.
Rubber plants were an added feature.
Merv
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Posted By Konstanty Budkiewicz Andrew, The HSE suggests that the use of fatigue mats is best practice for those operating in fixed positions. See attached link http://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/experience/03.htm. Additionally, with Occ Health agreement, I recently moved such a mat into an office environment to aid an office worker who has on-going back pain when conducting filing and data input activities in the standing position.
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