Valoración postural y riesgo de lesión músculo esquelética en trabajadores de una plataforma de perforación petrolera lacustre
The goal of this study was to evaluate postural and skeletal muscle damage in workers of an oil platform placed at the Maracaibo Lake . 55 male workers with mean age 40+- 7.74 and labor experience 7,45+- 3.18 years, who carry out in several areas of platform were evaluated through REBA method (...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Spanish |
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Instituto de Altos Estudios en Salud Pública "Dr. Arnaldo Gabaldón"
2008
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Online Access: | https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=2855714 |
Source: | Salud de los Trabajadores, ISSN 1315-0138, Vol. 16, Nº. 1, 2008, pags. 29-38 |
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The goal of this study was to evaluate postural and
skeletal muscle damage in workers of an oil platform
placed at the Maracaibo Lake . 55 male workers with
mean age 40+- 7.74 and labor experience 7,45+- 3.18
years, who carry out in several areas of platform were
evaluated through REBA method (whole body rapid
evaluation). The results showed a high percent of risk
between drill crew 23 workers (41.82%) and 6 workers
(10.91%) when compared with 13 supervisors (23.64%)
and 3 room operators (9.09%) who showed a low
degree of REBA. The correlation between REBA score
of different parts of the body demonstrated a highly
significative risk of skeletal muscle damage specially in
knees. A positive correlation was also founded between
total and feet LME (p 0.05) as well as elbows LME
(p 0.01). Besides, similar results were observed when
compared different parts of the body, like elbows and
feet (p 0.05), elbows and knees (p 0.05), low part of
the back with knees (p 0.05) and elbows (p 0.01),
high part of the back and hands (p 0.01). According
to our results we can conclude that there is a high risk
of skeletal muscle damage in a high percent of oil
platform workers especially in those of drill crew and
mud engineers. Age and experience in the working place
are highly related with risk of postural and skeletal
muscle damage. |
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