Diseño de una herramienta para la recolección de información de seguridad y salud ocupacional en las MIPYMES de la ciudad de Riobamba

Abstract

This research project was carried out in order to obtain a tool to collect information regarding the safety and health of workers in the Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MIPYMES) of Riobamba. The study conducted a systematic bibliographic review of national and international regulations, scientific articles, undergraduate and doctoral theses, in order to make a comparative analysis, then defined that the scope of the tool in the future is to apply it to analyze hazard situations, where basic policies and guidelines can be defined to avoidthem. Afterwards, the appropriate questions that were established in the design of the first survey of working conditions in Ecuador were selected, considering that it is a basis for structuring the final questionnaire. As an information-gathering tool, methods were applied to give it validity and reliability in data collection, for this the Delphi Method involving the judgement of experts in the subject and the proportion of agreements which gave the assessment to the content was used. As a result of the study, a tool consisting of 64 questions and 12 dimensions was originally obtained, which were purged where 58 questions and 11 dimensions were left necessary to collect information about occupationalsafety and health that can be applied to various economic sectors and especially to the manufacturing industry. From an entire study, it was possible to define an instrument based on current regulations that allowed to take the first step towards a large project in the area of occupational safety. It is important that once the tool is applied it is necessary to evaluate the possibility of making updates toits format due to the new requirements of the regulations every 3 to 5 years.