Estrategias de Seguridad Industrial y Salud Ocupacional:

Caso Planta de Potabilización de Agua en Ecuador

Jessica Cecibel López López

ABSTRACT

This research aims to establish strategies in Industrial

Safety and Occupational Health (SISO) using the case

policies; the figures of accidents and incidents

indicate that it is still required to improve the SISO

systems, to ensure the life, health and integrity of

workers. The methodology used is descriptive and

correlational, applying the inductive, deductive and

analytical method, in addition to the integration of

elements and sub-elements of an Occupational Safety

and Health Management System proposed by the

Andean Instruction Regulations, Resolution 957:

2008, and the ISO 45001:2018 standard; the

necessary requirements that an organization must

have to ensure the safe provision of its services,

jessica.lopezlopez0583@upse.edu.ec https://orcid.org/0009-0002-

8822-4852

Península de Santa Elena y de la Universidad Central del Ecuador. Email:

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management system, strategies, risks, accidents,

prevention.

RESUMEN

Esta investigación tiene como objetivo establecer

estrategias en Seguridad Industrial y Salud

ya que pese a los esfuerzos que se realizan, por

implementar una serie de políticas públicas; las cifras

de accidentes e incidentes indican, que aún se

requiere mejorar los sistemas SISO, tal que permitan

asegurar la vida, salud e integridad de los

trabajadores. La metodología empleada es de tipo

descriptiva y correlacional, aplicando el método

inductivo, deductivo y analítico, además de la

integración de elementos y subelementos de un

Sistema de Gestión de la Seguridad y Salud en el

través de una encuesta. Como resultado, las

estrategias que se proponen están a la par de la

norma ISO 45001:2018 misma que recoge todos los

requisitos necesarios con los que una organización

debe contar para garantizar que se realice una

prestación segura de sus servicios, minimizando los

riesgos o accidentes, y proporcionando un entorno

de trabajo seguro para las personas.

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INTRODUCTION

Occupational Safety and Health is defined by the International Labor Organization (ILO)

as a discipline that focuses on the prevention of injuries and diseases related to the

due to the poor results demonstrated by such activity, which in turn has determined

that in many organizations the preventive activity is relegated to the background by not

considering it as part of productivity. The Actuarial Directorate of Research and

Statistics of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security in its closing report presented by

Hidalgo (2019), details the amounts of each of the benefits granted by the Labor Risks

Insurance at the close of 2018, among them we have: Subsidies for Temporary Disability,

where $4,012,151.45 was paid annually; likewise, the Compensation for Partial

Permanent Disability which resulted in $4,896,197.95; on the other hand, the payment

referring to Pensioners for Partial Permanent Disability was $16,542.662.38; in the same

way, the Total Permanent Disability Pensioners received a payment of $9,080,519.47;

commuting, 11,708 in another center or place of work and 3,148 on secondment. In the

province of St. Helena from 2013 to 2022 with respect to occupational accidents, 888

cases have been reported in the usual center or place of work, 265 going to and

returning from work, 141 by commuting during the workday, 188 in another center or

place of work and 37 on secondment (SGRT, 2022). Occupational accidents are part of

a reality of worldwide concern and despite the efforts made to implement a series of

public policies, the statistics presented and the amounts paid by IESS regarding the

benefits provided by the Occupational Risk Insurance indicate that it is still necessary to

improve the systems to ensure the life, health and integrity of workers. According to

the International Labor Organization, every day people die due to accidents or illnesses

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Labor Organization, the Labor Code, Executive Decree (2393) and Legislative Decree

(assembly), ministerial agreements, the Mining Law, and various regulations, the latter of

which are currently under review.

Taking into account Cordero (2003) where he refers to Executive Decree 2393 of the

Regulation of Safety and Hygiene and Improvement of the Working Environment, based

on Art. 14.- Of the Committees of Safety and Hygiene at Work, paragraph 1. (Reformed

by Art. 5 of D.E. 4217, R.O. 997, 10-VIII-88) In every work center where more than

fifteen workers work, a Committee of Safety and Hygiene at Work must be organized.

997, 10-VIII-88) In every work center where more than fifteen workers are employed,

a Work Safety and Hygiene Committee shall be organized, composed on a parity basis

by three representatives of the workers and three representatives of the employers,