Industrial Fatigue and Efficiency

H. M. Vernon (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

274 Seiten

2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-27036-4 (ISBN)

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First published in 1921, Industrial Fatigue and Efficiency aims to provide a fairly complete overview of industrial fatigue and its influence on efficiency. It brings crucial themes to showcase the importance of adequate lighting, heating and ventilation, washing facilities, etc as basic requirements in factories.

First published in 1921, Industrial Fatigue and Efficiency aims to provide a fairly complete overview of industrial fatigue and its influence on efficiency. It brings crucial themes like fatigue and its measurement; output in relation to weekly hours of work; output and hours of work in various industries; the six- hours day and multiple shifts; work spells and rest periods; limitation of output; lost time and its causation; sickness and mortality; industrial accidents and their causation; the prevention of industrial accidents; and adoption of healthy factory conditions, to showcase the importance of adequate lighting, heating and ventilation, washing facilities, cloak rooms, ambulance room and a well found canteen as basic requirements in factories. This book is an important historical document for scholars and researchers of labour studies, labour economics, industrial studies, and political economy.

1. Fatigue and its Measurement 2. Hourly Output and Daily Output 3. Output in Relation to Weekly Hours of Work 4. Output and Hours of Work in Various Industries 5. The Six- Hours Day and Multiple Shifts 6. Work Spells and Rest Periods 7. Limitation of Output 8. Lost Time and Its Causation 9. Sickness and Mortality 10. Industrial Accidents and Their Causation 11. The Prevention of Industrial Accidents 12. Factory Conditions 13. Practical Conclusions Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.06.2024
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Revivals
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	408 g
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft
ISBN-10	1-032-27036-5 / 1032270365
ISBN-13	978-1-032-27036-4 / 9781032270364
Zustand	Neuware