PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK IN PERUVIAN BOSSES AND WORKERS OF THE MINING SECTOR

Arias Gallegos W.L.; Salinas Linares G.V.; Rivera R.; Garavito Baca J.E. · Revista de la Asociacion Espanola de Especialistas en Medicina del Trabajo (2025)

Resumen

Objective: Analyze the psychosocial risk factors in Peruvian workers in the mining sector depending on whether they are bosses or operators. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional associative comparative research was designed, for which 1,041 workers from various mining companies in Peru were evaluated, to whom a Battery of Instruments for the Evaluation of Psychosocial Risk was applied. Results: It was found that workers who assume the role of operators had statistically significantly higher levels of psychosocial risk than those who assumed the role of management, in the intra-work dimensions of leadership and recognition, as well as in the extra-work dimensions of time away from work such as communication and interpersonal relationships, economic situation of the family group, family relationships, characteristics of the home and its surroundings, influence of the non-work environment on work and travel housing work housing. Conclusions: Both intra-and extra-work dimensions have a more negative impact on operating workers in the mining sector of Peru, compared to their bosses.

Instituciones: Universidad La Salle; Universidad Católica San Pablo