Posturas ergonómicas en el área de aparado de la empresa de calzado Gamo’s

Abstract

During the manufacture of footwear, there are activities that can pose a risk to the health of workers, for this reason, the present research work focused on the identification, evaluation and assessment of ergonomic risks in the area of the shoe upper of the Gamo's footwear company. In the investigation, the Nordic questionnaire was applied with the objective of knowing the areas of ailment found in the staff of the lacing area, directed to 8 workers, which confirms the existence of ailments due to inadequate postures. After field visits and the recognition of 6 workstations, which in turn have 20 tasks, the ergonomic hazards linked to each task were identified and through the matrix of the technical report ISO TR 12295:2014, it was determined that 14 will be appropriate for the study, thus having that 5 of the tasks have a trivial risk corresponding to 36%, while 3 tasks have a tolerable risk with 21% and finally it has that 6 tasks corresponding to 43% have a moderate risk. The evaluation of the postures by the Rula method showed that in the tasks performed by the machining personnel, the low risk level prevails with a score of 3 and 4, requiring changes in the design of the task or workstation, while the evaluation of the postures by the Reba method shows that the medium risk level prevails with a score of 5, which requires rapid action in the design of the task or workstation. The procedural manual for inspecting facilities and working conditions was continuously developed. There is also another for training personnel on how to adopt appropriate postures at work and a guide for active breaks, if necessary