ESTUDIO DE SEGURIDAD Y SALUD EN VITICULTURA. DENOMINACIÓN DE ORIGEN DE VALDEORRAS (GALICIA).

Abstract

The practice of the viticulture implies realizing numerous tasks, many of them exposed to various labor risks, from the implantation of the culture to its uprooting, including cultural activities that every year are repeated: pruning, sanitary treatments, fertilization, managing of the soil, of the vegetation, grape harvest, etc. Inside this problematic, the aim of this communication is to show the results of the study made in one of the five existing certificates of origin (C.O.) in Galicia (Spain): the C.O. of Valdeorras, which has a total of 1.516 vine-growers distributed in eight district councils, with a cultivated area of 1.157 has and a production of 43.550.084 kg (information of 2010). After the selection of 35 farms a survey was made. The survey was formed by 74 questions that approached diverse aspects: thermal environment, physical agents, pollutant chemists, safety conditions, workplace design, load of work, psychosocial factors, health damages, etc.