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Unfolding Analysis of Work Conditions Affecting Employees’ Health According to their Positions in the Area of Solid Waste || Análisis unfolding de las condiciones de trabajo que afectan la salud de los empleados según sus puestos en el área de residuos sólidos

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  • Aquino Llinares, Nieves

    (Department of Economics, Quantitative Methods and Economic History. Pablo de Olavide University, Seville (Spain))

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Due to the peculiarities of the tasks performed, the area of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) has a long tradition in implementing risk prevention plans. But are these plans equally received by workers involved in the production chain? This research explores the concerns and worries of MSW sector employees in the Southern Spanish region of Andalusia; it deals with aspects of their work that may affect their health and that can be directly related to the plans and programs designed for the prevention of occupational hazards applied by their companies. The study is conducted through the multivariate statistical unfolding model and the graphic sets it generates. Perceptual maps are analyzed from a representative sample of household MSW workers doing business in Andalusia. The variables studied correspond to 18 work- related issues that can affect their health, such as lighting, body posture and positioning, physical exertion, noise and exposure to toxic substances. The aim is to create a map with all these aspects and employees’ positions held in the company so that, through their interpretation, differences in perceptions on issues related to safety at work can be identified depending on their jobs. The study carried out demonstrates that both senior and middle man- agers are highly concerned and involved in prevention plans. The biggest concerns of the administration are work schedules and the noise in the place they work. Operators, on the other hand, are more concerned about aspects of their work related to the design of their tasks, such as timing, rhythm, monotony and relationships with peers and managers and, less so, with the danger involved in the tasks they often perform. This kind of information enables the various industry players to know the aspects of health and occupational risks that concern different groups operating in the sector, so as to identify needs for action and the necessary corrective and informative measures in the field of prevention of occupational hazards. || A causa de las peculiaridades de las tareas realizadas, el área de residuos sólidos municipales (RSM) tiene una larga tradición en la implementación de planes de prevención de riesgo. Pero ¿son estos planes igualmente recibidos por los empleados trabajando en la cadena de producción? Esta investigación explora las preocupaciones y ansiedades de los empleados de este sector en Andalucía; se tratan aspectos del trabajo realizado por estos empleados que pueden afectar a su salud y que están relacionados directamente con los planes y programas diseñados por las compañías para prevenir riesgos ocupacionales. El estudio emplea el modelo estadístico multivariable de unfolding y los conjuntos gráficos que éste genera. Se analizan los mapas de percepción a partir de una muestra representativa de trabajadores de RSM que trabajan en Andalucía. Las variables estudiadas corresponden a 18 puntos relacionados con el trabajo realizado y que podrían afectar a la salud, como iluminación, postura y posición corporal, esfuerzo físico o ruido y exposición a sustancias tóxicas. Se pretende crear un mapa con todos estos aspectos y los puestos ocupados por los empleados en la compañía; a partir de su interpretación, quieren identificarse diferencias en las percepciones sobre estos puntos relativos a seguridad en el trabajo según el puesto ocupado. El estudio muestra que tanto los directivos superiores como intermedios están sumamente preocupados e involucrados en los planes de prevención. La principal preocupación de la administración recae en los horarios de trabajo y el ruido en los puestos. Por su parte, los operarios se preocupan más por aspectos relacionados con el diseño de sus tareas (temporización, ritmo, monotonía y relaciones con compañeros y directivos) y con los peligros de las tareas a realizar. Este tipo de información permite que los distintos actores conozcan los aspectos de salud y riesgo ocupacional que preocupan a los diferentes colectivos del sector; y además ayuda a identificar las necesidades de acción y las medidas tanto informativas como correctivas necesarias en el campo de la prevención de riesgos ocupacionales.

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  • Aquino Llinares, Nieves, 2015. "Unfolding Analysis of Work Conditions Affecting Employees’ Health According to their Positions in the Area of Solid Waste || Análisis unfolding de las condiciones de trabajo que afectan la salud de lo," Revista de Métodos Cuantitativos para la Economía y la Empresa = Journal of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business Administration, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Department of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business Administration, vol. 20(1), pages 53-63, December.
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    Keywords

    unfolding; risk prevention; solid waste industry; unfolding; prevención de riesgos; industria de residuos sólidos;
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    JEL classification:

    • C12 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Hypothesis Testing: General
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
    • J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions

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