Evaluación de riesgos laborales en minería exploratoria mediante perforación a diamantina

Abstract

Abstract: Exploration is a phase of mining, where one of the principal aspects is the use of diamond drilling rigs, which is carried out with mechanical assistance, so this investigation focuses on identifying and evaluating the risks to which human personnel are exposed in any of the processes to carry out this activity, for which the methodology of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (INSST) was applied, through visits to work centers, which allowed us to evaluate the level of risk of each hazard identified by job, both operational and administrative. Obtaining 7 jobs where the logistics position has 5 moderate risks, thus being the administrative position with the greatest exposure, the drilling assistant position with 15 moderate and 2 important risks, together with the iron horse operator that has 8 moderate and 4 important risks, are the most critical operational positions, whose functions are directly related to the equipment, drilling rig and iron horse, thus allowing us to propose concrete and easily applicable prevention measures that reduce said levels of risk.