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Dysergonomic risks: Postural biometrics of industrial plant workers in Ecuador

Abstract:

The prevention of health in any organization, transcends different challenges and conflicts in State agencies, originating from the social, economic and political; The intersection of the man-machine-environment management system leads to employer inequalities. The objective of this article is to check the trends due to exposure to dysergonomic risk in the production processes of industrial plants in Ecuador, tolerating musculoskeletal injuries and absenteeism due to occupational disease in operators. Descriptive and quantitative research was carried out in different production companies, considering the medical disabilities 2018-2019 to 411 workers of different professions. A data questionnaire on osteomuscular symptoms was applied, based on the position and anatomy of the operator, to identify its dysergonomic exposure. The results include forced posture (14.06%), repetitive movements (13.83%) and frequent load lifting (13.38%), as health conditions due to musculoskeletal disorder, while the pathological clinical picture includes Low back pain (17.69%), Bursitis (17.46%) and Hernia (16.55%). In conclusion, these disorders cause musculoskeletal injury and absenteeism in the operators, with morbidity indicators causing low performance and productivity, so they need to be addressed, addressing the prevention of occupational diseases with postural biometrics programs.