Work and daily routine in the iron and steel industry
The steel age. Working round the clock. Continuous processes make no allowance for interruptions! Early shift. Midday shift. Late shift. Only change is constant…
Shift work means working when others are sleeping and sleeping when others are working. Always at the wrong time at the right place or at the right place at the wrong time. Leading a life in the wrong lane, when the normal working day begins at 7 a.m. and lasts until 5 p.m. Shift work also means working against the biological clock. The result is nervousness, physical illnesses and exhaustion. The "Konti-house" at the DASA shows how structural modifications can help shift workers to get more than just a "bit of shut-eye", in a model bedroom that is really quiet during the day.
We live an in age of noise. Over five million people are exposed to the harmful effects of noise every day. Working at the electric steel furnace was also a noisy place to work. Over 110 dB(A) were reached. Do you want to find out how just a few dB(A) sound? In that case, visit our noise tunnel. You can compare everything from the quiet rustling of leaves to the sound of a pneumatic drill. You can also test your own hearing and measure the sound level of a walkman. It is even possible to experience what it means to be hard of hearing.
Working in a steel mill is not only deafening, it also makes you sweat! This is heavy physical work in immense heat. Excessive demands are made on the natural heat balance of the human body. Overheated inside from effort and outside from the oven...
