Evaluación de riesgos psicosociales en el personal del Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social (IESS) Cotocollao, Quito - Ecuador

Abstract

This project aims to assess the psychosocial risks of the IESS company in Cotocollao through the methodology of the Ministry of Labor. Its main objective being to provide them with the necessary information that allows them to take preventive and intervention actions that lead to minimizing accidents and occupational diseases, based on the idea that when there is an employer and a trained worker there will be a more productive company with greater profitability, which will directly influence the development of a culture of occupational health and safety that complies with the health and safety regulations that the state has and contribute to their improvement and updating. The evaluation method used is the evaluation of Psychosocial Risk in work spaces of the Ministry of Labor of Ecuador is an individualized application instrument that allows a diagnosis of the psychosocial situation of a company. The sample must be equal to the population, so that the IESS of Cotocollao is made up of 284 workers, and the evaluation will be applied to 100% of the staff to guarantee the reliability of the study. The results show the level of exposure of psychosocial risks evaluated with the Ministry of Labor method according to their work area, administrative staff can see that 50% are at low risk having a minimum potential impact, 47% have a risk medium, generating a moderate potential impact and finally 3% of the staff is at high risk, with a high potential impact. While the operational staff, it is observed that 51% is at low risk having a minimum potential impact, 46% has a medium risk, generating a moderate potential impact and finally 3% of the staff is at high risk.The IESS of Cotocollao, presents some weaknesses regarding psychosocial risks, which show results that with due attention can be minimized and eradicated if there is the support of senior management and area leaders, among the risk factors with more prevalence in the institution according to its degree of affectation and those that merit the prompt psychosocial intervention are. (Recovery, Margin of action and control, Support and Support, workload and Work Rate, Skills Development, Leadership and Work Organization.)