Identificación de los riesgos ergonomicos presentes en los estibadores de la distribuidora J&V

Abstract

In this technical project, the identification of ergonomic risks was carried out in the J&V distribution company in the city of Guayaquil, the stevedores area was where the evaluation was performed, since these personnel are exposed to lifting boxes during their daily workday, so the method used was the NIOSH method, this method allows an evaluation of which, This method allows us to make an evaluation which starts with a socio-labor survey where we can identify the areas in the human body where workers present discomfort, as well as the physical characteristics of the workers and how this affects the time of lifting a load, the level of information of the risks to which the dockworkers are exposed and the following time of the dockworkers when lifting the load, weight of the load, level of inclination at which the load is lifted, etc. At the end of this evaluation, IL (Lifting Index) can be determined which can determine if the worker is lifting within the permissible ranges.