Evaluación de riesgos laborales en el área de producción de una empresa procesadora de productos acuícolas del cantón Durán

Abstract

Occupational risk is the possibility that company employees experience some type of damage from work activities, this damage arises as a result of bruises, physical or mental illnesses derived from actions carried out at work. The objective of this study is to evaluate occupational risks in the production area of an aquaculture products processing company in the Durán canton. For which the documentary descriptive methodology was used with a qualitative approach with a non-experimental design of a cross-sectional type, this because the variables were not manipulated. The survey carried out on 84 company workers and the observation method, as well as the risk matrix that allows detailing the risk factors that occur in the company in the respective production processes, were used as an instrument for collecting information. . The main results show a high turnover of workers and where 31% of those surveyed claimed to have had an accident at work, where the risk matrix allowed to identify the high workloads and the mechanical factor as the most recurring in the company. Finally, according to the results obtained, the development of recommendations was made that will prevent or reduce occupational risks in the company under study.