Análisis de las causas de enfermedades laborales asociadas a posturas prolongadas presentes en áreas administrativas de instituciones educativas públicas de Bogotá

Abstract

Currently, companies or organizations are presenting a set of deviations in terms of occupational diseases caused by prolonged postures when carrying out their activities, frequent use of keyboards, forced and inappropriate postures, use of non-ergonomic chairs, constant use of computers or screens at an inappropriate height, among other causes, which cause damage to the worker's health. This document allows an analysis of the causes of occupational diseases, which are the product of exposure to prolonged postures, in administrative jobs in public educational institutions in the city of Bogotá, the branch of ergonomics is chosen as part of study in this project, based on situations that have been witnessed in different educational institutions, where persistent failures in the evaluation and control of biomechanical risks can be detected on time, failures that have led to the deterioration of the worker's health.