Evaluación de riesgos ergonómicos asociados a la confección de jeans en la empresa textil Xavis Jean’s

Abstract

The objective of this research project was to evaluate the ergonomic risks related to the jeans manufacturing process in the textile company Xavis Jean's, with the purpose of obtaining a current vision of the incidence of this type of risks in the organization, In order to obtain a current view of the incidence of this type of risks in the organization, so that they can be detected in a timely way and also act based on the level of risk obtained through the evaluation, for this information was obtained from each of the jobs as the tasks and times in which they perform them through cursograms and profesiograms, an initial assessment of the symptoms associated with the risks of study was applied by means of the Nordic questionnaire, Subsequently, an identification of the hazards to which people are exposed in each of the positions was carried out by means of the Colombian Technical Guide (Matrix GTC 45), an initial evaluation was developed to determine the level of ergonomic risk, carried out by means of the BRIEF/BEST questionnaire whose results influenced the performance of a more specific evaluation to determine the level of ergonomic risk associated with forced postures and repetitive movements by methods such as RULA, REBA and OCRA Check List, providing reliability and confidence to the research and the results obtained. The results revealed the presence of MSD in arms and forearms, being more perceptible mostly in the back, neck and wrists; the findings suggested that none of the postures are acceptable and that there is a prevalence of repetitive movements. Through the research it was possible to conclude that 100% of the positions present risks for which preventive measures should be taken in the work environment and work method, and also that 89% require urgent intervention.