Ruido Industrial y su repercusión en las otopatías ocupacionales del personal del Área de Producción, en Empresas Productoras de Botas PVC de la Ciudad de Ambato

Abstract

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Given that noise is one of the most common factors of physical or environmental risk in the field of the manufacturing of PVC boots; this project aims primarily to establish a hearing conservation program for workers in production area of MILBOOTS Company as a part of the management system of safety and health at work, which contributes to the prevention of occupational hearing diseases as a result of daily exposure. Occupational noise levels in the organization are in the maximum permissible levels by current legislation in Ecuador (Executive Decree 2393), which results in a decrease in hearing ability of its employees; for proposing this hearing conservation program the levels of industrial noise in the production plant were measured and then an assessment was made. To counteract the physical noise risk factor, it is proposed to establish a hearing preservation program (as a document according to the company's quality management system) containing the following information: a procedure for the identification and qualification of occupational noise , a procedure for the measurement and evaluation environmental risks factor, an instruction for the attenuation of the physical risk factor through the application of acoustic walls, an instructive for the selection of hearing protectors as a personal protection equipment and an instructive for the determination of hearing impairment according to the years of exposure to the work noise of the collaborators of the organization who carry out their activities in the production area, of course all the procedures and instructions must be accompanied by their respective records. The hearing conservation program (with its respective procedures, instructions and records), has been raised for application in the company, according to applicable international regulations.