EVALUACIÓN DE UN PUESTO DE TRABAJO PARA REDUCIR LA INCIDENCIA DE TRASTORNOS MÚSCULO‐ESQUELÉTICOS APLICANDO EL MÉTODO CHECK LIST OCRA

Abstract

The main objective of the Check List OCRA method is to alert about the potential musculoskeletal disorders caused by a repetitive activity. Nowadays Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WRMD) are among the main causes of professional disease, and their detection and prevention become very important. The European Agency for the Security and the Health in the Work affirms that many WRMD could be prevented by means of ergonomic interventions that modifies the work and the places of work. In the present paper the application of the method Check List OCRA for assessment the risk level in a fruit packaging workstation is carried out, this workstation is characterized by a high level of repetitive movements in the superior members. The method indicates the presence of risk in the workstation and, consequently, the requirement to perform corrective measures to reduce it. The effectiveness of the raised improvements is validated with the method Check List OCRA with the objective to avoid the implementation of inefficient solutions. Keywords: ergonomics; work related musculoskeletal disorders; check list ocra