Propuesta de un Plan de Gestión de Riesgos y Salud Ocupacional para la concesión minera “Los Primogénitos” ubicada en los cantones Lago Agrio y Shushufindi, provincia de Sucumbíos

Abstract

The main objective of this project is to estimate the risks of the exploitation in the mine Los Primogénitos, these risks were classified by the agent type: physical, biological, and social; according to its estimated probability and the expected consequences the levels of risk are: low, moderated, high and very high. The risk caused by river overflows and precipitations were very high according to this assessment. The possible risks of the project that could influence in the behavior of the environment were also assessed, especially the ones over the physical and social segment. The results obtained were: high risk for traffic accident and high risk for anthropic erosion and affection to population’s health due to alterations in air quality. Risks at work were assessed by the place of work and it was classified by: mechanical, physical, chemical, biological, ergonomic and psychosocial factors. The levels of risk were evaluated as: trivial, tolerable, moderated, important, and no tolerable risks. The physical risk by noise in the initial and classification of stone material activities were assessed as no tolerable.