Evaluación de riesgos ergonómicos en la producción acuícola: un estudio de caso en Machala, Ecuador

Abstract

Occupational diseases and accidents occupy the attention of researchers given their high rate of occurrence and due to the impact, they have on the health and well-being of workers, and therefore, on the productivity of organizations. The objective of this work is to evaluate the ergonomic risks that can affect the productivity of a company dedicated to aquaculture production. Given that, in particular, the activity of feeding swimming pools is a repetitive task that will generate occupational diseases in the long term, it is important to consider its evaluation in order to design strategies for its prevention. The OCRA method recommended in ISO 11228-3 was used as a methodology. Among the findings, the ergonomic risks present in aquaculture production stand out: manual lifting of load, repetitive movement, forced postures, thermal environment, others. Likewise, in the feeding of aquaculture farms as a process of the value chain, the risk factors of repetition (upper extremities) are present in an important way because it is done manually according to the extension of the pool.