Modelo de gestión de seguridad y salud ocupacional para el control y reducción de riesgos laborales en el sector de la construcción, Cuenca, 2014

Abstract

This research is a proposed management model occupational safety and health for the control and reduction of occupational hazards in the construction sector in Cuenca, 2014. It was prepared by performing a compilation and analysis of the best models at the national and international level and it was adapted to our environment. The model allowed them to keep control of occupational hazards. The objectives of this model were: Sort the types and causes of accidents in construction, identify significant risk factors that cause accidents within a building, understand and quantify the level of training has a construction worker, develop a risk map and evacuation zones. The literature method was used to make the model observing all technical requirements and national standards and current and demanding all this international standards for improving the safety and health of workers; intervention to implement this model was applied to a reinforced concrete building apartments located on the street Alamos avenue Ordoñez Lasso and Cuenca. Surveys and interviews were applied to construction workers to obtain data on accidents, risks, training in occupational safety and health and frequency for modeling. The results after the implementation of the proposal were satisfactory for optimum control of accidents and risks are managed.