Design of Ergonomic Dust Collector Room for Coating Process Using Quality Function Deployment

Abstract

A coating process is an act of giving layers on a surface, for example, painting process, water-proofing process. The coating process needs more attention from enterprises because the processes could release dangerous particles that can be inhaled by workers. The dangerous particles could make the workers suffer from coughs, sneezing, allergic rhinitis, bronchitis, asthma, silicosis, and other decreased-lung functions. Therefore, the coating process should be done in ergonomic circumstances to avoid them from the bad effects of the un-ergonomic coating process. This research aims to find the dust collector room design meeting the ergonomic requirements for the processes. This research used Quality Function Deployment (QFD) to discover the employee needs and the requirements dust collector room should have. The employee and enterprises needs were obtained using group discussion among them working in sanitary product manufacturing made from sands, marble particles, and cement in Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The three most important needs of the room are that the dust collector room should collect dust rapidly, localize dust spreading, and give better air circulation. The needs form the three important functional requirements the room should have, i.e., split-plastic wall, concrete wall, high and wide room. Therefore, the dust collector room should be designed based on the voice of the stakeholders to get healthy-working environment.