Análisis del sistema de codificación de agentes materiales intervinientes en accidentes de trabajo en el sector agrarioMaquinaria agrícola

Abstract

The information gathered from the work accident reports collected through the completion of the Delt@ system is essential for Occupational health and Safety Specialist to detect the main causes of accidents and to design corrective measures aimed at their elimination. In the case of accidents occurring in agricultural and livestock activities, the Delt@ system uses a coding system based on a table of material agents which reflects only 11 codes related to machinery typified specifically as agricultural, while the standard "UNE 68-051-88: Tractors and agricultural and forestry machinery. Classification and terminology" details 340 typologies of agroforestry machinery, from which the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food established a total of 11 groups of machines that group 66 specific typologies referring exclusively to agricultural work. Although several machines with similar functions can share most or certain specific risks, each of them maintains singularities that influence aspects such as handling, operability, safety distances, typologies and exposure to risk, etc. Therefore the current coding of material agents does not allow the collection of sufficiently precise information to establish specific and effective prevention programs. It is concluded from the analysis of the different codifications and their correspondences that it is necessary to introduce changes and improvements in the current system of codification of material agents, including new typologies that allow to extract more detailed and precise information regarding the work equipment and machinery involved in accidents in the agricultural and livestock sector.