Services on Demand
Journal
Article
Indicators
- Cited by SciELO
- Access statistics
Related links
- Similars in SciELO
Share
Revista Chapingo serie ciencias forestales y del ambiente
On-line version ISSN 2007-4018Print version ISSN 2007-3828
Abstract
NAJERA-LUNA, Juan A.; MENDEZ-GONZALEZ, Jorge; CRUZ-COBOS, Francisco and HERNANDEZ, Francisco J.. Type, effects and cause of injuries suffered by workers in the sawmill industry of El Salto, Durango, Mexico. Rev. Chapingo ser. cienc. for. ambient [online]. 2022, vol.28, n.1, pp.105-118. Epub Feb 02, 2024. ISSN 2007-4018. https://doi.org/10.5154/r.rchscfa.2021.03.016.
Introduction:
Sawmill work is a dangerous occupation because it involves handling materials and equipment that exposes workers to many risks that can affect their health and safety.
Objective:
To identify injuries, parts of the body affected and agents that cause accidents in sawmill workers in the region of El Salto, Durango.
Materials and methods:
A structured survey was applied to 300 workers in 26 sawmills and pallet mills to determine typology, damages and cause of injuries suffered in the last five years.
Results and discussion:
In the sawmills of El Salto, the most important positions are occupied by people of older age and work experience, regardless of their level of schooling; they have suffered one to five accidents in the last five years and only 32 % have received occupational safety training. The most frequent injuries were caused by hits and crushing body parts of assistants (57 %), open wounds in operators (16 %) and sprains (15 %). The mechanisms causing these injuries were getting stuck by moving objects (30 %), hitting against moving objects (23.3 %), falling objects (14.3 %) and false moves (13.7 %). Fingers were the most affected (35 %) due to a hit and by getting stuck.
Conclusions:
Safety training is limited, leading to 95 % of workers with injuries with different degrees of severity. It is necessary to implement actions to reduce the risk of accidents and injuries.
Keywords : Accidents at work; sawmills; work risk; safety; forestry worker.