Prevalencia de dolor lumbar en el personal del área de mantenimiento en la central térmica el Descanso, relacionado a posturas forzadas

Abstract

The lumbar pain is a problem of public health to world-wide level between workers that make works of maintenance already are these mechanics, electrical or of general services. For the present study considered like sample to all the universe of the personnel of workers of the area of maintenance: 2 generation mechanics, 4 electromechanical auxiliaries, 2 electrical, 2 industrial mechanics and 3 in general services, giving a total of 13 people. It used the NORDIC Questionnaire of Kourinka evidencing that 100% has had annoyances in the Dorsal or Lumbar region, of which 9 of the 13 technicians argue that it is because of forced postures. By means of the application of the OWAS method value the different activities of the personal being the level of risk 4 the one who predominates in the works of mechanical maintenance, industrial and of general services, whereas the level of risk higher was of 3 in only one electrical activity. Once valued the different activities of the maintenance area by means of the OWAS method, according to the higher levels of risk proceed to the evaluation by means of the REBA method, the one who by means of punctuation analysis in two groups A and B of the human body determined us a Very High level of risk with 91% and Immediate intervention, whereas 9% has a High risk level with a Prompt Necessary intervention. It determined a prevalence of lumbar pain of 69.23% related to forced postures, basing us in the results of the application of the Nordic questionnaire