Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Bioquímica.

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DEFINITIONS.

A

- ACCIDENT: The event or made unwanted than losses to persons and / or goods are derived. Legally is any bodily injury that the worker suffers during or resulting from work to run for others.

- SLIGHT ACCIDENT: Event whose injury resulting from medical evaluation, results in the rugged a short break with maximum return the next day to their normal work.

- INCAPACITATING ACCIDENT: I event whose injury resulting from medical evaluation leads to rest, excused absence to work and treatment. On the day of the occurrence of the injury is not taken into account for purposes of statistical information.

- FATAL ACCIDENT: Event whose injuries result in death of the worker. For purposes of statistics should be considered the date of death.

- ACTIVITY: Exercise or industrial operations or services carried out by the employer in accordance with current regulations.

- ACCIDENT ON THE OCCASION: Refers to the accident happens when you are doing something related tasks.

- NO ACCIDENT DISABILITY: is that which produces or injury or if you do, are so mild that continues rugged working immediately after the incident.

- HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES (FOR SPECIAL PENSIONS) are considered high-risk activities for workers' health work underground mining explosion to ionizing radiation, work involving explosion at high temperatures above the allowable values ​​and / or management of proven carcinogens.

- UNSAFE ACT: Is any activity by action or omission of the worker involves violation of a procedure, regulation or standard safe practice, which can cause an incident, accident, occupational sickness or fatigue.

- OCCUPATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT COMPANY (ARP) are the entities responsible for organizing the affiliation, the collection of contributions, payment of cash benefits, selling additional occupational health services and the provision of medical services affective through health promotion entities.

- WORK ENVIRONMENT: The set of conditions surrounding the working person that directly or indirectly influence the life and health of the worker.

- PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS: Sets the degree of motivation and employee satisfaction and thus confirm the location and stake in the workplace according to their personality, talents and brainpower.

- ANALYSIS OF JOBS. Process to identify all the hazards associated with the job that threaten not only the security of the employee, but also their health, environment, process, equipment, property and the quality of the products.

- RISK ANALYSIS: Systematic use of available information to determine the frequency at which specified events and the magnitude of its consequences may occur. (NTC 5254 Risk Management).

- TOILET IN WORK AREA: At the end of the work day or shift, workers must clean the work area: they removed the tools used, they shall be cleaned and placed in the appropriate place; They asearán machine that employed and withdraw all burrs, oil, tow, to leave it in working condition for the next day or the subsequent turn; likewise be cleaned corresponding to your work area, taking care not to leave stains of oil or other flammable materials slippery floor.

- TRUANCY: The absence from work of the person who performs it, either through illness or for various and different reasons (social, family, administrative, etc.). In other words, is the difference between the contracted time and time worked (as long as the latter is lower than the first) which equals lost time.

- WARNING: The state prior to the occurrence of an emergency, declared in order to take specific precautions due to the likely occurrence of a close and destructive event.

- HARNESS: belt assembly or mechanical attachment which suppresses or reduces body movements caused by vibration, acceleration or shock.

- ASBESTOS: A fiber made mainly of silicon and oxygen, besides calcium, magnesium, iron and sodium. Its effects can be divided into non-malignant and malignant. Among non-malignant forms, the most notable being a fibrogenic pneumoconiosis called asbestosis, which seems irreversible still detained exposure. Among malignant, a type of cancer itself pleural and peritoneal serous, called mesothelioma: rapidly evolving cancer and high mortality (months to a year) associated with asbestos, the different varieties of either fibers (amphibole or coils).

- ASPHYXIANT: Agents acting displacing oxygen in the inspired air (simple asphyxiating) or blocking mechanism (asphyxiating chemicals) cellular respiration.

- OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA: A disease characterized by reversible, variable obstruction of the airways, triggered by an agent present in the workplace.}

B

- KIT: The basic resource for persons providing first aid. It must contain antiseptic, healing material, bandages, scissors, flashlights and if needed, a stretcher.

- EMERGENCY BRIGADE: They must be made up of people who ensure the logistic support of the emergency plan, so they must know the facilities, routes and alarms. These people will be trained in fire fighting, rescue and salvage.

- WELFARE: Welfare activities aim to improve the quality of life of working people and their families through sports, recreational and cultural activities, plans for house purchases, loans and scholarships for formal education, continuing education for the family, and in general all those activities which are designed to promote health by improving your extra working conditions.

- SEARCH: The activities or actions taken in an emergency. It is divided into primary search and secondary search. The primary search refers to the action taken in any emergency situation upon arrival at the venue. The secondary search refers to the actions taken when the emergency has been controlled.

C

- RANKING: is linked to the verb sort, which refers to the action of organizing or placing something as a specific policy concept.

- MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION: The atmospheric concentration of a hazardous material that fails to affect the health of a worker exposed to it daily eight-hour day, for a long time.

- COLOURS AND SAFETY SIGNS: The role of colors and safety signs is to draw attention to places, objects or situations that could lead to accidents or cause health risks and indicate the location of appliances that are important from the point of view of safety.

- TRAINING: is to transmit