De robotarm als collega

SUMMARY Dutch industrial manufacturers are confronted with a new and promising industrial robot: the collaborative robot (cobot). These small robotic arms are revolutionary as they allow direct and safe interaction with production workers for the very first time. The direct interaction between production worker and cobot has the potential to not only increase efficiency, but also enhance flexibility as it can align the strengths of (wo)man and machine more thoroughly. Currently, Dutch manufacturers are experimenting with cobots. To obtain a first understanding about the use of cobots in Dutch industrial practice and to see what the consequences are for production workers and production work, we conducted an exploratory interview study (N=61). We learnt that most cobots under study are used for the production of one or a few large product batches (mass production) and work highly autonomous. The interaction between cobot and production worker is limited and reduced to production workers preventing the cobot from falling into a standstill. The results tend to be in line with traditional industrial automation practices: an overemphasis on leveraging the technology’s potential and limited attention for the production workers’ work design and decision latitude. HR professionals were not involved and, therefore, miss out on a crucial opportunity to be of an added value.

The outstanding Soviet surveyor, Konstantin Leontyevich Provorov (to the 110 anniversary from the birthday)

The author describes the life of Konstantin Leontyevich Provorov (1909–1992), an outstanding Soviet scientist, teacher and production worker, who made a significant contribution to the geodetic works carried out in Siberia and training highly qualified personnel for the industry. Being the chief engineer of Novosibirsk aerial survey enterprise, the largest one in the country (1944–1953), K. L. Provorov carried out technical management of constructing the astronomic-and-geodetic network, laying out vast leveling networks, and after the thesis protection concerning to constructing continuous networks of triangulation, started working in NIIGAiK which he soon headed. The years of his management the institution (1956–1970) were a period of its active development

IMPACT OF WORKING CONDITIONS ON THE HEALTH OF WORKERS EMPLOYED IN NICKEL CARBONYL REFINING

A method of nickel carbonyl refining is known to be associated with an increased risk of acute and chronic nickel tetracarbonyl (TKN) intoxication. The purpose of the study was to examine the features of the influence of working conditions and, above all, TKN aerosols on the development of general and occupational pathology in nickel carbonyl production workers. In today’s nickel carbonyl refining TK is established to have a predominant influence on the development of chronic bronchopulmonary diseases, the most common of which are chronic bronchitis (11.5% of employees) and toxic pulmonary fibrosis (11.2% of employees). In the last 10 years there were no recorded cases of previously observed extra pulmonary diseases associated with toxic TKN effects (cardiomyopathy, hepatitis, encephalopathy). However, the employees engaged in nickel carbonyl refining continue to experience an increased risk of developing occupational diseases as compared to both electrolytic nickel production workers (RR = 2.13; CI 1.65-2.75), and auxiliary facilities workers (RR = 5.26; CI 3.17-8.21). Occupational diseases found in workers of all major specialties, reduced the duration of their active working life almost by 10 years. The conclusion is made about the need for an integrated approach to solve the problem of preservation of carbonyl production worker′s health which includes better working conditions, improved personal protective equipment from the effects of harmful factors, development of medical methods for early diagnosis and prevention of health disorders in this group of workers.

STRES KERJA PADA PEKERJA YANG TERPAPAR KEBISINGAN DI PT. SEMEN BOSOWA BANYUWANGI

Psychological or mental problems is one of the health problems that often occur in workers in an industry. Noise is one of the factors that can affect job stress. Production worker of PT. Semen Bosowa Banyuwangi has the potential to experience work stress. Method: This research is an observational research with descriptive research design with crossectional approach. Sampling using total sampling method, with 49 respondents. The variables in this study are job stress, noise intensity, noise complaints and respondent characteristics. Results: Respondents were on average 30 years old with the youngest age of 19 years and the oldest was 40 years old. Most recent education is taken by the respondent is the level of Senior High School (SMA). Most of the respondents are married. The average respondent has been working for 3.5 years. Most workers are exposed to noise with an intensity of 85 - 90 dBA. There are 38.8% of workers who feel disturbed by the noise work environment. Working stress in the medium category has the highest proportion with a percentage of 51%. Discussion: Workers production PT. Semen Bosowa Banyuwangi mostly experience moderate work stress. Occurrence of work stress tends to increase in line with the increase in noise intensity. Workers who feel disturbed by the noise are mostly experiencing moderate work stress.

Methodical Approach to the Rent Considering in the Mineral Resources Evaluation

Movement to the multisectoral economy strengthens the tendencies of development and improvement of rental relations and ways of accounting rent as the assessed value of natural resources. At the same time, objective ecological and economical assessment should provide an adequate share of profit to every participant of development and processing of minerals: to the state and to the region – the administrative unit of RF, as the proprietor of the subsoil and minerals (obviously, this is the absolute rent and differential rent I), to the shareholder or the leaseholder, to the production worker (differential rent II), to the financier (the state, the bank or other legal entity), which have pretensions of the interest.