Plan de prevención de riesgos eléctricos para el departamento de distribución de la empresa Eléctrica Ambato Regional Centro Norte S.A.

Abstract

The Prevention of Electric Risks Plan in the Distribution Department from Empress Electrical Ambato Regional Centro Norte S.A., through the application of Technical Regulations of Electrical Installations (RETIE in Spanish), designed exclusively to guarantee the protection of the people against the risks from the electrical source, which serves for evaluating and identifying what kind of risk exists, for establishing control measures later, according to the risk dimension; besides to consider all the factors that affect to the worker. This method is based on the relation between consequence and frequency in which such risk occurs, having the necessity to visit the place of work, in which the pertinent processes are carried out in the distribution area, where the risks from electric source could be evidenced to which the workers are exposed. The plan will provide conditions of safety work for who perform activities in this Department and as a result, we will have a higher quality work in the service offered by the Company. It is concluded that in the created prevention plan for the necessities of the distribution department, the workers could perform their activities in an efficient and safe way because they will count with a guide for handling them appropriately. It is recommended to do an identification and evaluation of all the risks in the field, for providing to the workers with the correct safety according to their requirements.