Plan de prevención de riesgos psicosociales en el proceso de faenamiento bovino del Camal Municipal de Riobamba

Abstract

The objective of this study was to design a plan for the prevention of psychosocial risks in the cattle slaughter process of the Municipal Camal of Riobamba to prevent the negative effects on the health of the operators of that area. The identification of psychosocial risk factors was carried out with the Psychosocial Evaluation Questionnaire in Workspaces, a tool made available by the Ministry of Labor of Ecuador, once the existence of psychosocial risk factors has been identified, the CoPsoQ-istas21 2 method, was used to evaluate the psychosocial risks present in the operators. The technique that was used to collect the information was the census since the questionnaire was applied to the entire study population, the 25 operators. As a result of the application of the questionnaire, it was possible to identify at a general level that operators are exposed at a medium risk level, 5 factors were identified which are: the pace of work with a 100% unfavorable situation; role conflict with 68% of an unfavorable situation; insecurity about working conditions with 64% of the unfavorable situation; social support of colleagues with a 52% unfavorable situation; job insecurity with 52% of the unfavorable situation for the health of operators. Based on the results of both the first and second evaluations, a prevention plan was developed with preventive measures towards the most unfavorable risk factors for the health of the operators. The implementation of the Psychosocial Risk Prevention Plan is urgent and imperative, which will ensure that psychosocial risk levels decrease.