Abstract

PADILLA FORTES, Ana  and  GAMEZ DE LA HOZ, Joaquín. Workplace accommodations for workers especially sensitive to occupational risks of community health centers. Med. segur. trab. [online]. 2014, vol.60, n.236, pp.497-507. ISSN 1989-7790.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S0465-546X2014000300004.

An overview was conducted of work-person adjustments engaged in workers classified as especially sensitive for certain occupational risks in health sector. The purpose of this research was to provide workplace accommodations featuring because of some disability or health limitation associated with impairments from the tasks performance. During 2012 in the community health centers of a primary care district, 46 workers were catalogued especially sensitive that received an average of 3,2 adjustment measure in workplace. The findings showed a wide variety of accommodations including modifications in working arrangement, in the way to performance of the tasks, and in a lesser extent, changes in near environmental factors to the workplace and/or workstation. All prevention efforts were setting on provide to maintain continuity of working life inside compatible-limits with health and safety of workers. Our results offer a first approach to the knowledge of health limitations management that hamper responsiveness to demand of tasks.

Keywords : Occupational health; Adjustments; Disabilities; Workplace; Safety.

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