Estudio ergonómico mediante muestreo estadístico en los talleres metalmecánicos de la ciudad de Riobamba aplicando Software.

Abstract

The ergonomic study and analysis into workplaces at the metal mechanic shops from Riobamba city aims to maximize the comfort and well-being of employees ensuring safety at work and allowing to get an optimal performance and increase the productivity at the metal mechanic sector. The study started with an analysis process by statistical sampling in the metal mechanic shops that exist in Riobamba city, allowing to select the shops and identify the principal dangerous factors that are the most common risk of muscular skeletal injuries affecting the musculoskeletal system, producing lumbago and cervical pain, it is considered highrisk of the different activities carried out in direct and indirect way by the exercise of their profession and can be presented through the time, causing worker disability; and then to carry out an ergonomic evaluation in the workplaces with a help of software which describes in great details the procedures, corrective actions to follow and its adequate design, in order to adapt to the worker. For reaching the objectives proposed the study of improvement was developed in four phases: - it is focused to the selection and the analysis of the current situation of the metal mechanic shops, - the original license acquisition and the use of most adequate software for analysis, - the risks which the workers are exposed are exposed are evaluated, - it is established proposals of reorganization and improvement of workplaces.