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- Title
PROCEDIMIENTO GUÍA PARA MANEJO SEGURO DE SUSTANCIAS QUÍMICAS EN UNA EMPRESA DE FABRICACIÓN DE SUELAS Y PLANTILLAS A BASE DE POLIURETANO DE LA CIUDAD DE CALI - COLOMBIA.
- Authors
Vallejo Morán, Luis Alberto; Dominguez Orejuela, Johanna; López Villalobos, Iván Darío; Castañeda Sanchez, Claudia Asceneth
- Abstract
Contextualization: For the safe handling of chemical substances, weaknesses of the company under study were identified, in terms of management, use, storage and internal transportation of chemical substances. knowledge gap: This method contributes as an input to the substance management knowledge in relation to possible poisoning by absorption and inhalation by workers. Purpose: The main aim of this study was to design a procedure for the safe handling of chemical substances in a company that manufactures polyurethane-based soles and insoles, helping to prevent workplace accidents and occupational diseases on workers at the company under study, with a cross-sectional descriptive, observational and quantitative approach. Methodology: The study was carried out in a factory of soles and insoles based on polyurethane in Cali (Colombia) with 33 workers from the main production processes, who are exposed to chemical substances. A survey was applied to identify the knowledge level of employees regarding to the substance management. A questionnaire was designed, based on Colombian regulations, applying the simplified method for chemical risk assessment of the French Institute - INRS. Results and conclusions: The analysis, according to the risk determination table, produced a critical result for six out of ten evaluated substances. Ten chemicals considered dangerous were identified and four of them were classified as group A2, suspected of causing cancer, being considered as toxic and harmful substances to health and environment. The absence of a procedure for the development of critical tasks such as filling tanks, painting and injection was evident, as well as the lack of an epidemiological surveillance program to monitor personnel with greater exposure. Finally, a procedure guide for the safe handling of chemical substances and an action plan for implementation were designed. The dangerousness of some chemical substances used based on polyurethane is high, so much so that the agency of Public Health Service, the Agency for Toxic Substances and the Registry of Diseases of the USA, lists isocyanates (TDI and MDI) as highly reactive chemicals.
- Subjects
CALI (Colombia); WORK-related injuries; PUBLIC health; POISONS; OCCUPATIONAL diseases; CHEMICAL transportation; SHOE stores; TRANSPORTATION safety measures
- Publication
Revista de Investigación Agraria y Ambiental, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 2, p157
- ISSN
2145-6097
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22490/21456453.3461