Lamentablemente esta semana en Chile nos enteramos del derrumbe que ocurrió en la mina San José, en la Región de Atacama. Junto con esperar que las labores de rescate salgan bien, tenemos que hacer un profundo análisis de la gestión de seguridad que están teniendo las empresas e instituciones chilenas.
Basta con sólo mirar en la calle alguna construcción, reparación o pintura que se esté haciendo para ver a algún trabajador parado en un andamio sin ningún arnés ni malla que permita aminorar el impacto de una eventual caída.
Al parecer muchos de los que están a cargo de las diferentes operaciones productivas, sobre todo en las PYMES, ven la seguridad como un gasto y no como una forma de evitar el riesgo de posibles demandas y pérdida de capital humano para la empresa y el país.
Del mismo modo que no se visualiza eso, tampoco se habla de indicadores que permitan cuantificar en dinero lo que reporta la inversión en implementos de seguridad y de medio ambiente.
Los indicadores apuntan a controlar la disminución de accidentes y de partículas por millón de compuestos contaminantes por dar algunos ejemplos, pero no apuntan a cuantificar en cuanto aporta eso económicamente a la empresa o a la institución.
El párrafo anterior es un dato anecdótico, que es una tarea a resolver para las empresas y universidades.
Para el común de las personas lo que importa es realizar acciones seguras y tomar todas las medidas pertinentes a todos los desvíos para evitar incidentes, y de ese modo accidentes y accidentes más graves.
Algunas medidas son:
1.-Poner la espalda recta a la hora de levantar pesos elevados.
2.-Utilizar arnés, casco, guantes, anteojos, y zapatos de seguridad en las operaciones que puedan ser riesgosas.
3.-No saltar desde las alturas
4.-Poner atención con todos los sentidos antes de realizar alguna acción.
Si todos aplicáramos cualquiera de éstas medidas, de seguro habrían cientos de miles de personas que no tendrían daños que lamentar.
En el caso de la minera posiblemente es el no informar acerca de anomalías en la estructura y la falta de revisiones periódicas a las instalaciones.
En el caso de empresas de clase mundial, los prevencionistas dan charlas al personal y revisan periódicamente las instalaciones, y el no reportar alguna anomalía o realizar alguna acción insegura es considerado una falta, que puede ser causal de despido.
La idea es inculcar la cultura de la seguridad en todos los medios donde nosotros estemos e identificar los peligros y riesgos que pudieran haber. (La diferencia entre peligro y riesgo es que el peligro está en las cosas y el riesgo en las acciones).
English:
Unfortunately this week in Chile, we learned of the collapse that occurred in the San José mine in the Atacama region. Along with hope that the rescue efforts go well, we have to do a thorough analysis of security management that are taking companies and institutions in Chile.
Simply just look at any street construction, repair or painting is being done to see a worker on a scaffold with no harness or mesh that allows reducing the impact of a possible fall.
Apparently many of those who are in charge of the various manufacturing operations, especially SMEs, see security as an expense and not as a way to avoid the risk of potential lawsuits and loss of human capital for the company and the country .
Similarly it is not displayed, nor speak of indicators to measure in money that reported investment in safety equipment and environment.
The indicators point to control the decrease in accidents per million particles of polluting compounds to give a few examples, but do not point to quantify as it contributes financially to the company or institution.
The above anecdote is data, it is a task to solve for companies and universities.
For ordinary people the important thing is to make sure actions and take all appropriate measures to all detours to avoid incidents, and thus accidents and more serious accidents.
Some measures are:
1.-Put your back straight when lifting heavy weights.
2.-use harness, helmet, gloves, goggles, safety shoes and operations which could be risky.
3.-No jumping from heights
4.-Pay attention to all directions before taking any action.
If everyone were to apply any of these measures, surely they would have hundreds of thousands of people who would not damage than sorry.
In the case of mining is likely not to report abnormalities in the structure and lack of periodic reviews of facilities.
In the case of world-class companies, the preventionists give talks to staff and facilities periodically reviewed, and failure to report any anomaly or perform any unsafe act is considered a failure, which may be grounds for dismissal.
The idea is to inculcate a culture of safety in all environments where we ourselves are and identify the hazards and risks that could have. (The difference between hazard and risk is that things are in danger and risk in the shares).
In Chile is regulated by law 16 744.
Simply just look at any street construction, repair or painting is being done to see a worker on a scaffold with no harness or mesh that allows reducing the impact of a possible fall.
Apparently many of those who are in charge of the various manufacturing operations, especially SMEs, see security as an expense and not as a way to avoid the risk of potential lawsuits and loss of human capital for the company and the country .
Similarly it is not displayed, nor speak of indicators to measure in money that reported investment in safety equipment and environment.
The indicators point to control the decrease in accidents per million particles of polluting compounds to give a few examples, but do not point to quantify as it contributes financially to the company or institution.
The above anecdote is data, it is a task to solve for companies and universities.
For ordinary people the important thing is to make sure actions and take all appropriate measures to all detours to avoid incidents, and thus accidents and more serious accidents.
Some measures are:
1.-Put your back straight when lifting heavy weights.
2.-use harness, helmet, gloves, goggles, safety shoes and operations which could be risky.
3.-No jumping from heights
4.-Pay attention to all directions before taking any action.
If everyone were to apply any of these measures, surely they would have hundreds of thousands of people who would not damage than sorry.
In the case of mining is likely not to report abnormalities in the structure and lack of periodic reviews of facilities.
In the case of world-class companies, the preventionists give talks to staff and facilities periodically reviewed, and failure to report any anomaly or perform any unsafe act is considered a failure, which may be grounds for dismissal.
The idea is to inculcate a culture of safety in all environments where we ourselves are and identify the hazards and risks that could have. (The difference between hazard and risk is that things are in danger and risk in the shares).
In Chile is regulated by law 16 744.
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