Riesgos ergonómicos en la producción de muebles para oficina

Abstract

The research was developed in an office furniture manufacturing company in the state of Mexico, municipality of Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo, specifically in the packaging process, with the aim of identifying if there is a biomechanical risk and its relationship with the anthropometric characteristics of the workers, as well as its possible relationship with cumulative damages in workers and occupational diseases. The investigation was part of a general project on accidents and absenteeism in the State of Mexico. It is a descriptive cross-sectional investigation. The jobs were evaluated, initially, the operators were interviewed and information was collected on the accident rate in the company, later the processes for risk assessment were observed with the Suzzane Rogers method. Subsequently, anthropometric measurements were carried out for the generation of the database with the written authorization of the workers. The results show that there is a risk of workers acquiring cumulative traumatic dysfunction in lifting, specifically due to poor grip. The proposal was to optimize the process in an integral way, with the implementation of ergonomic methods and the *Universidad Politécnica del Valle de México. Municipio de Tultitlán, Estado de México, México. Correo electrónico: raquel.munoz@upvm.edu.mx. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4461-8027. Autor de correspondencia. **Universidad Politécnica del Valle de México. Municipio de Tultitlán, Estado de México. México. Correo electrónico: industrial@upvm.edu.mx. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1498-340X Ergonomía, Investigación y Desarrollo, 3(1), 2021, 75-93 ISSN 2452-4859 76 readjustment of the work station based on the anthropometric data obtained for a better performance of the tasks and following the recommendations of the Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-036-1-STPS2018.