Methodology for a safe work environment

Abstract

This article has as its theme: "Methodology to have safe work environments" was developed to make available to the people involved in occupational safety, whether technicians or employers and have a set of well-directed actions and interacting with engineering tools will result in a safe work environment. This methodological proposal is based on the Lean 5s Tool. This tool has been successfully implemented by many professionals in different organizations, achieving an increase in labor productivity in the first instance and generating other benefits such as the reduction of occupational accidents. What is proposed in this research are short, medium and long term actions that comprise firstly the improvement of the organizational image of the company or work area and secondly to create in the worker a change of culture or work discipline. Since these two approaches involve all the human resources of the company and therefore the employer, all actions are of course feasible in all areas of work, generating a minimum investment in exchange for a greater benefit.