Análisis ergonómico y síntomas musculo-esqueléticos en los trabajadores de carga y descarga de Palma Africana en planta extractora de aceite.

Abstract

In this degree work, the process of loading and unloading African palm fruit will be taken into account from a documentary review, taking into account the constant risk in workers of suffering musculoskeletal injuries, since this work requires operators to perform tasks and activities of high physical demand, which creates an exposure to different physical disorders. One of the reasons that creates this situation is the scarce information of this industry in Colombia, therefore the ergonomic risks increase, due to this, the ergonomic analysis and musculoskeletal symptoms in the workers of loading and unloading of African palm in oil extraction plant is carried out from a documentary review and in this way offer reliable, valid and complete information on these disorders that considerably affect the life of workers not only at a physical level, but in their biopsychosocial welfare.