Study on Effect of Productivity on Applying Ergonomic Principle

Abstract

This study was to investigate the effect of productivity in the construction industry due to the un-ergonomic working atmosphere. The construction industry is a large number of workers concerning industry it leads to productivity loss or due risk factors in the working site. In the review, to improve analysis a drawback, we took ergonomic awareness questionnaire survey among the Engineers in Karur district. Based on the survey results, the awareness of term ergonomics is only 20% and Engineers accept to adopt the ergonomics principles. We extended our work to apply ergonomic principles in the site. The ergonomic deficiency was identified, and gradually new ergonomic principles were applied in plastering and brickwork. 1% increase in productivity measured at 7 days of implementation.