Introduction:

Occupational health professionals (OHP) have played an important role in surveillance, prevention and control against COVID-19 at the workplace.

Objective:

To determine the risk factors associated with exposure to SARS-CoV-2 during the first and second waves of the Pandemic in Peru.

Material and Methods:

A cross-sectional study and secondary data analysis were made. OHP were virtually asked about exposed to COVID-19 at work and its social, educational and labor factors.

Results:

Of the 2,863 answers, we found in the multivariate analysis: there was more frequency of exposure to COVID-19 in the mining (p value=0.046); nutrition sector (p value=0.009); in the public sector (p value <0.001), manufacturing (p value<0.001); if the professional performs care work (p value<0.001); if they perform occupational medical evaluations (p value=0.001), who are nursing technicians (p value=0.016) and who are medical technologists (p value<0.001); On the other hand, there were less exposure when they were older (p value=0.006) and among those who had a specialty in occupational health (p value=0.025).

Discussion:

Important factors were associated with occupational exposure of OHP professionals, which can serve to prioritize professionals who should take care of themselves and to include into complete vaccination schedule.

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