Mental workload assessment of workers working in automobile industries using National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) assessment tool

The mental workload of especially disabled employees can be assessed by many assessment tools. NASA-TLX is one such very effective assessment tool. This Research paper highlights the analysis of NASATLX methodology used for 14 employees carried out at M/S Kulkarni Engineers, Pune, which is a medium scale industry, supplying automobile components like Brass washers to Automobile industries. The employees under heavy or very heavy mental workload face various issues like lowering working efficiency, fatigue, undue stress and effect on work satisfaction etc. Suitable remedies can be suggested to the Management to bring down the Mental Workload making their working more easy, comfortable, enhancing their efficiency, reducing their fatigue and stress etc.