Occupational risks in a meat products food company in the city of Chihuahua, Mexico

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.1594124020110

• Palavras-chave: Exposición ocupacional; Gestión de Riesgos; Industria de la Carne

• Keywords: Occupational exposure; Risk management; Meat Industry

• Abstract:

  Introduction: The diagnoses of risks to which workers are exposed are an important part of the daily work in any company, given that occupational health is necessary for proper functioning, therefore the purpose of this work was to identify the risks to which Workers at a meat food company in Chihuahua, Mexico are exposed.
  Method: The diagnosis was carried out through the PROVERIFICA Model; To complement and visualize the worker's perspective, individual surveys were included; Noise, temperature measurements and load handling evaluations were carried out.
  Results: The Model revealed that the company has an efficiency level of zero, with a percentage of 35.4%. Individual surveys show that workers detect physical risks (cold, noise and humidity), prolonged work without breaks, physical effort, lifting objects from the floor level, carrying, pulling or pushing loads of between 5 and 30 kg and forced positions.
  Conclusions: The importance of carrying out health and safety diagnoses at work lies in the identification and subsequent application of interventions that really achieve significant changes for the health of workers; The present work allowed us to analyze the work situations of the workers, leaving a precedent to carry out interventions to eliminate the risks found.