Workplace Safety in Manufacturing Industry Executive Summary

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Workplace Safety in Manufacturing Industry
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Executive Summary
The research report is based on current employee workplace health and safety issues into the
manufacturing industry. Safety is one of the key factors into the organization for to improve
productivity. The report is based on analyzing the employee issues into Apple’s biggest supplier,
Foxconn and Pegatron. The identified issues within the manufacturing industry are excessive
working hours, unpaid overtime, health and safety failing, accommodation problem and
improper training to work in the organization. The aim of this report is to solve the issues that the
employees of Apple are facing based on safety into the workplace. Reduction of total working
hours of the employees, increment of the labour force, working flexibility and providing of
accommodation get the work more productive. It helps to reduce the employee’s accidents in
future result into organizational productivity.

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Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Identification and background of the complex industry issue...............................................3
2.0 Research aims and objectives....................................................................................................4
3.0 Literature review........................................................................................................................4
3.1 Issues faced by the employees in Foxconn............................................................................5
3.2 Solutions of the issues faced by the employees.....................................................................8
4.0 Research methodology.............................................................................................................12
4.1 Research Approach..............................................................................................................12
4.2 Research Design..................................................................................................................13
4.3 Data collection techniques...................................................................................................13
5.0 Human story.............................................................................................................................15
6.0 Conclusion...............................................................................................................................17
7.0 Recommendations....................................................................................................................18
References......................................................................................................................................19

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1.0 Introduction
In recent days it is seen that the working load is continuously increasing on the
employees of several manufacturing sector (Andrijasevic, Sacchetto and Gylen 2013). As a result
the safety of the employees is becoming a serious issue. In order to get more amount of the
production rate without hiring new people, the companies are increasing the work pressure to a
huge extent on the employees. Employees are one of the most import resources of an
organization but it is seen in many cases that the organizations are not taking proper safety
measures for the employee’s safety and security (Cassiman 2015). Foxconn is the largest
manufacturing unit and supplier of Apple in China and the situation of employees is most
pathetic in that industry. In this report the issues faced by the employees and the
recommendation to overcome those factors are discussed in details.
1.1 Identification and background of the complex industry issue
Employee’s safety is one of the most important parameter for the management of any
organizations. In many cases it is seen that the management of several organizations are careless
with the present issues which are faced by the employees of different manufacturing companies.
Employees mainly in the industrial units are facing such issues due to excessive working load
and long working hours (Christos 2015). In many cases it is also seen that the employees are o
even paid for working in overtime. The management is pretending to provide the employees
basic opportunities but in practical the scenario is showing completely opposite facts. Foxconn is
the largest manufacturing unit and supplier of Apple in China and the situation of employees are
most pathetic in that industry. The employees have nothing left in their personal like except
working for the manufacturing companies and as a result they are frustrated and also facing

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several health related issues (Fee 2014). In this industry the employees are being treated like
machines. They have to work for long hours and they are not paid for working in overtime and as
a result the employees are facing health and safety issues. It is also seen that the employees are
escaping and also choosing to attempt suicide in several cases. In many cases employees are not
properly trained for the work and as a result they face a lot of difficulties in their works.
2.0 Research aims and objectives
The main aim of this report is to identify the issues faced by the employees and also to
solve the problems in order to increase the safety and security of the employees. Employees are
facing lots of issues like working for long hours and being unpaid for working in overtime
(Freeman and De Haan 2014). The organizations are basically trying to produce maximum
amount of work from the minimum amount of the employees. As a result they are increasing
working load on them. The objectives of the report are:
 To find out the reasons behind the issues which are faced by the employees
 To overcome with those issues raised into the organization
The huge amount of working hours should be decreased for the employees and they
should also be given proper accommodations for better work experience. The employees should
also be paid with a good amount so that they can fulfill all their basic requirements (Gleiss
2016). The employees should be kept happy and motivated in order to get the best outcome from
them.

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3.0 Literature review
In this literature review the issues faced by the employees are discussed from several
aspects. In the manufacturing sector it is seen that several companies are increasing the working
pressure to a huge extent for the maximum productivity (He 2013). The working load is not only
increased on the employees of the organization in many cases but also it is seen that the
employees are also not paid for working in the overtime schedule. The employees are one of the
main resources in an organization and human resource should be taken care of for the best
productivity as they are the main working force of any company. Lee and Vachon (2016) stated
that in case of the industrial organizations there are many functions which are to be done by the
human resources. There are several types of works which need proper skills and the employees
are not also properly trained in many cases.
As a result the employees face a lot of difficulties in their work . Lüthje and Butollo
(2017) demonstrated that the employees have nothing left in their personal like except working
for the manufacturing companies and as a result they are frustrated and also facing several health
related issues. In this industry the employees are being treated like machines. They have to work
for long hours and they are not paid for working in overtime and as a result the employees are
facing health and safety issues.
3.1 Issues faced by the employees in Foxconn
Ma, Shang and Wang (2017) highlighted that Foxconn is the largest manufacturing unit
and supplier of Apple in China and the situation of employees are most pathetic in that industry.
From several sources it is known that the working condition is deteriorating and the work load on
the employees are increased to a huge extent. It is already reported that many employees are
escaping and also trying to suicide to become free from such tremendous work pressure. The