Importance of the elements involved in occupational health and safety programs

Garcia Juarez H.D.; Ticona Machaca A.; Cahuana Pacco D.C.; Caycho Valencia F.A. · Salud, Ciencia y Tecnologia (2024) · DOI: 10.56294/saludcyt2024718

Resumen

Introduction: every person has a work activity to satisfy their basic needs, acquire what they want and contribute productively to society. However, in any job there are certain circumstances, conditions and risk factors to which said worker is exposed. That is, accidents and illnesses may occur that affect your physical or psychological well-being, making it necessary to activate prevention in work environments. Objective: establish the importance of the elements involved in occupational health and safety programs. Method: a bibliographic review was carried out in the Scopus, Web of Science and SciELO databases. 35 articles were analyzed and examined. Results: the importance of occupational health and safety programs for the well-being of workers was evident. Conclusion: companies must develop, implement and constantly improve their framework of action in order to apply occupational health and safety programs in the risk management process.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional del Altiplano; Universidad César Vallejo