Establecimiento e implementación de medidas de prevención de riesgos laborales inherentes al área de impresión flexográfica de la empresa Tinflex s.a. por uso de sustancias químicas

Abstract

TINFLEX SA is a Sigmaplast subsidiary group and it specializes in the manufacture of flexible packaging. During the flexographic printing processes, inks and solvents are used; these processes include hazards and occupational health risks to the exposed personnel. Because of the accelerated and messy plant growing in the absence of preventive measures and risk controls, when the plant was located in Carcelen, the printing area did not met safety neither hygiene conditions, leading to health problems in the staff. For operational reasons and property issues, the executive planned to move the plant to a new place located in Pifo. With this relocation, measures were settled and implemented to prevent occupational risks due to chemical use in flexographic printing processes; this allowed to improve working conditions. In concordance to the hierarchical level of risk control, measures were established as risk elimination and substitution, engineering principles, administrative actions and personal protective equipment. The results were the implementation of the totally new plant structure including the lay out design, the selected flexographic equipment, the company regulations, the occupational health training programs, the ventilation system, the conformation of a Safety Committee, the safety signs and the provision of personal protective equipment.