ESTUDIO DE FACTORES DE RIESGO MECÁNICOS PRESENTES EN ACCIDENTES LABORALES EN UNA EMPRESA METALMECÁNICA

Abstract

 Industrial accidents have great impact on industries and more when they produce the death of his collaborators. The objective of this study was to evaluate the risk factors existing in a mechanical engineering company, categorize and rank them in relation to the degree of danger in the manufacturing area. The methodology used was by observing the activities in the workplace, and contrasted with mechanical risks suggested by the Ministry of Labor Relations of Ecuador (MRL). Later identified risks and quantitative assessment of William Fine, were recorded in the risk matrix proposed by the MRL. The result was that the risk of entrapment in machines, the filling process, drilling and printing and the job of assistant operator hydraulic press are the highest level of danger in relation to the interpretation of critical.