Propuesta de mejoramiento de las condiciones de trabajo mediante la distribución en planta y la aplicación de métodos de la ergonomía física en el taller de metalmecánica de la Empresa Comerdic LTDA

Abstract

The discipline of Safety and Health in the workplace has made it clear that the metal working sector has an impact on the health and well-being of the workers. The activities that are made can develop musculoskeletal disorders and other types of diseases (Cuji, 2009). That is why this study of exploratory nature focused on a small company from Cali Colombia, called COMERDIC LTDA. This enterprise is dedicated to the elaboration of different types of scholar utilities fabricated at a metal workshop. The way the metal workshop is set-up, does not allow the continuous flow of people and materials, besides, the environmental conditions are not adequate for the type of labor that is being executed. The objective of this document is to design a proposal that benefits the conditions of the workplace, and the process of mass production of university chairs through the redistribution of the space, the evaluation of risk produced by biomechanical physical load and work environment conditions (noise, temperature and illumination). For this project, the methodology used incorporated field and documental tasks. The study was directed by the use of surveys, check lists and observation fiches; these were always conducted by ergonomical methods and techniques to diagnose the actual state of the enterprise. The results evidenced that the workshop needs a new distribution plan, lighting is not uniform, some areas are extremely penetrated by noise, the temperature is too high and workers adopt inadequate postures combined with repetitive movements in order to accomplish their labors. For these reasons they were design different proposals that contribute to security and comfort at the workplace.