Occupational health and safety management: Construction and Assembly Company of Matanzas

Abstract

Introduction: Standard 45001: 2018 of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), ranks first as an international Occupational Health and Safety standard worldwide, has been designed to provide companies with measures that manage to offer a safe and positive space for workers. Cuba has assumed it as its own with a view to the certification of management systems in this matter, in order to prevent occupational risks and diseases to which workers are exposed, in addition to increasing motivation, communication and therefore productivity. and company image.

Objective: Propose an action plan to contribute to the improvement of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System in the Matanzas Construction and Assembly Company, with a view to implementing NC ISO 45001/2018.

Methods: For the diagnosis, a procedure based on the checklist was used where the 33 specific requirements defined in the standard were collected, grouped into seven headings and 185 measurement criteria to evaluate their compliance. Interviews, documentary review, surveys, checklists, group work, among others, are used to collect information.

Results: It was found that, of the seven headings established in the standard, six were moderately fulfilled, with values of: 93.75, 95.45, 75, 73.91, 95.5 and 94.12%; the Performance Evaluation was evaluated as completed with a 100% score.

Conclusion: The proposed action plan consists of 22 measures that provide a solution to the deficiencies detected in the shortest time possible to achieve certification