Prevención de riesgos físicos en la industria láctea.

Abstract

This bibliographic work had as objective to research physical risks prevention in the dairy industry. The criterion for collection of information was the publication year and research from 5 years ago, compiled from virtual sources such as Dspace, Scopus, Elibro, Scielo. The risk factors identification allowed to determine the root causes of accident rates, occupational diseases, and absenteeism in dairy companies, which permitted the evaluated research to implement preventive measures to generate a comfortable and safe working environment. The most notorious physical risks found by the cited authors were related to temperature, noise, ventilation. These factors can prevent by using work manuals where each requirement studied is contemplated. The baseline determined that the working conditions are not adequate. As a result of the evaluated studies, it affirmed that the management system knowledge of the dairy company that refers to the occupational prevention risk contributes to analyze and understand the principle components involved in the safety-related to risk prevention in the work environment. The preventive and control measures proposed in the research that served as a reference are training and prevention and control measures, implementation of emergency signs and devices, preventive and corrective maintenance of equipment, and use of personal protective equipment.