Evaluación de riesgo ergonómico por postura forzada en los trabajadores y empleados de la Dirección de Talento Humano del Gobierno Provincial de Manabí

Abstract

The current assessment is oriented in reality being experienced by employees and workers of the Department of Human Talent Provincial Government of Manabí, on this basis evidenced a way of evaluation and diagnosis of all jobs involved working in this direction. This seeks to contribute to occupational health by preventing future occupational illnesses, for this is to diminish the employees and workers who are exposed latent and factors that cause risks. This is intended to raise living standards and compliance of employees and workers in the progress of their work, managing to increase work performance. Existing equipment and inadequate facilities and mainly the adoption of stress positions, one of the primary causes of diseases of musculoskeletal disorders in workers and employees when executing their duties, which would hinder your health with that of spending time what converges on the condition of diseases of musculoskeletal muscle origin. In this evaluation the primary objective was to execute the estimation method using the REBA (Rapid Assessment Full Body). This is one of the observational ergonomic evaluation methods most widely positions in practice, it is valid and easy to use. With this is to project a proposal for preventing factors ergonomic risk by forced posture to improve job performance of employees and workers of the Department of Human Talent Provincial Government of Manabí putting a lot of importance in positions of process analyst, assistant maintenance, drivers, technicians who fill the optimal profile for the application of REBA (Rapid Assessment Full Body) method. With that in this evaluation it was designed to establish the real extent of the problem by carrying out the survey of risk factors present in the workplace. For this field evaluation was developed and descriptive procedure under the data collection of a population in association with the following techniques are handled: Observation Survey, Risk Matrix. In the figure of the assessment it was concluded that current employees and workers of the Human Resource Management Provincial Government of Manabí are at a high level of ergonomic risks suffering forced posture in the performance of its functions. Continuous training and prevention programs of ergonomic risk factors for forced posture are as active breaks will prevent occupational disease causes and thus comply with the general intent of ergonomics is to safeguard the health and welfare of man in relation to work and the surrounding environment.