Riesgos psicosociales en trabajadores operativos del área de producción de 20 a 40 años de una empresa de alimentos ubicada en la ciudad de Guayaquil, periodo 2024.

Abstract

The research has been carried out with the objective of: Analyzing the psychosocial risks that affect operational workers in the production area, between 20 and 40 years old, in a food company located in the city of Guayaquil. With the use of descriptive and documentary research, using theoretical, empirical and statistical methods. The population was 41 operational workers in the production area, whose ages are between 20 and 40 years old. The psychosocial risk assessment questionnaire proposed by the Ministry of Labor of Ecuador was used as an instrument. The information collection was done with the participation of the occupational physician, human talent delegate, social worker and researcher. The results found after applying the psychosocial assessment questionnaire in work spaces, which has been developed and validated by the Ministry of Labor, which contains 58 questions grouped into eight dimensions, where it has been shown that there are medium level indicators with 41%, which is interpreted that in the workplace there is a potential negative impact on the safety and health of workers in the medium term, the high risk level is at 32% which indicates that there are high levels of affectation to the health and safety of workers, whose levels are intolerable due to which they are causing harmful effects, and the low risk level has 27% which determines that there are acceptable conditions in the work environment.