Importance of House Keeping in industries

1. Made by:
Gagan Kumar Tanwar
NCFSE

2.  A place for everything in its place
 Good housekeeping is an heart of living
 Do not keep unnecessary items
 Keep all the necessary items

3.  Men gets hit by articles falling overhead
 Men tripping over loss objects on floors, stairs
and platforms
 Men slipping on greasy, wet or duty floors
 Men running against or projecting poorly piled
or poorly placed material
 Men getting trapped under material falling from
piled improperly build
 Men stepping on or tearing hands are other parts
of body of protecting nails, hooks or sharp edges
 Many more types of accidents including fire and
explosions can be attributed to poor house
keeping

4.  Excessive materials, waste debris in the work
area
 Congested aisles
 Overloaded waste container/ dust bins
 Disorderly locker and wash rooms
 Dirty walls, ceiling and windows
 Dust on bearing or machines
 Tools left on machines

5.  Poor lighting
 Acids in open container
 Electrical wires, cables air hoses across aisles
 Spillage of oil, grease, acid etc. on floors
 Aisles, work areas, storage area etc. not
properly marked

6.  By planning and proper layout of work area
 By marking/ allocating specific place for
different items
 The marking of passages and storage area
 Arranging cabinet and holders for tools and
for table equipment
 Regular disposable of wastage
 Providing containers for material in process
 Cleaning/ washing oil, chemical, water
spillages

7.  Cleaning the work are regularly before and
after doing the job
 Free space should be available at door steps,
stair case, platforms and passage ways
 No pipe lines or power cables shall run across
way

8.  The concept of good house keeping has been
with Japanese for a very long time.
 They keep on practicing it at home, schools,
offices etc.
 By following the good house keeping
techniques, industries realised its affect on
productivity and quality improvement

9.  Seiri- sort out unwanted items in the work place
and dispose them
 Seiton- arrange necessary items in good order so
that they can be easily traced out for use
 Seiso- clean your work place completely so that
there is no dust on floor, machine and equipment
 Seiketsu- always maintain high standard house
 Shitsuke- ensure that company continue to
continually improve using the previous stages