Prevención de los riesgos ergonómicos para conductores de transporte pesado del Gobierno Autónomo Descentralizado del Cantón Calvas

Abstract

Abstract: Heavy transport drivers are prone to present discomfort related to their job, either due to risk factors related to poor posture, repetitive tasks, among others, which in the long term can cause damage to the driver. Bearing in mind the aforementioned, the general purpose of this work is to evaluate and propose control measures against ergonomic risks in heavy transport drivers, a population of 8 heavy transport drivers of the Decentralized Autonomous Government of the Calvas Canton was considered, to whom the Kuorinka Nordic questionnaire was applied and the Ergo-IBV software was used for the ergonomic evaluation, Through the ErgoCheck module, it was determined that the appropriate evaluation method for this activity was the OCRA Multitask, obtaining as a result that most of the drivers have a risk in the right upper extremity, while in the left upper extremity most of them have no risk or a very low risk. Based on the above, as a control measure it is determined that it is necessary to redesign the task or the workstation.