EVALUACIÓN DE RIESGO POR POSTURAS FORZADAS EN EL CARGO DE OPERADOR DE BODEGA EN UN CENTRO DE DISTRIBUCIÓN DE PRODUCTOS FERRETEROS Y AUTOMOTRICES

Abstract

The present study evaluates the risk of forced postures in the position of warehouse operator in a company that commercializes hardware and automotive products. It is an inferential cross-sectional descriptive study of mixed focus. The population is of 89 warehouse operators distributed in 5 jobs: reception, picking, consolidation and distribution; applying three methods: ISO TR 12295 standard and REBA method to identify the most critical position in forced postures and their level of risk; The Nordic questionnaire of Kuorinca to detect symptoms of skeletal muscle disorders in the group of workers with greater ergonomic risk for forced postures. The results indicate with greater ergonomic precision by forced postures according to the application of ISO TR 12295; In addition, 78% of the workers surveyed pain in the lower back, 33% in the shoulders and wrists according to the Nordic Kuorinca questionnaire; and the REBA method applied in the picking area. Therefore, I have come to the conclusion that workers in the group selection area are more vulnerable to position in the study area.