Concentraciones de monóxido de carbono y su incidencia en la salud del personal que labora en el parqueadero del edificio principal del GAD Municipal de Ambato

Abstract

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The investigation was carried out in the parking lot of the main building of the Municipal GAD of Ambato. It began with the identification of the jobs that are directly related being these: the guardianship, the area of drivers and the security console. Analysis determining that the concentrations of carbon monoxide (CO) is a product of the combustion of vehicles, CO measurement was done about fifteen minutes in the morning from 8:00 to 9:00, at noon from 12: 30 to 13:30 and in the afternoon from 15:45 to 16:45 in each work place, giving as measured value the highest of 18.8 ppm in the console operator work place in the morning time, considered As Tolerable. Carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) tests were also carried out on the four workers belonging to the safety console, since they remained in their workplace for 8 hours, unlike the guards who are rotating personnel, since they do not belong to The payroll of municipal workers and drivers do not remain permanently in the parking lot. The results of these tests showed a value of 2.16% of a smoker, but nevertheless it is not a high value compared to the levels of COHb to be attributed to concentrations of CO in the blood, however, in the survey carried out It is established that most of the workers present slight symptoms, finally taking into consideration the results of the applied techniques, it is established the redesign of the ventilation system as the main measure of solution to the concentrations of CO generated by the motor vehicles.