Lesiones auditivas secundarias a condiciones laborales por agentes físicos y químicos bajo el decreto 1477

Abstract

Workers are exposed in their work environment to different occupational hazards that, if not controlled in time, can affect their health temporarily or irreversibly. That is why the State, within its functions of ensuring the strengthening of workers' rights, and under a legislative framework that required attention, promulgates Law 1562 of 2012 with which it provided for the transition from the Occupational Health Program to the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (SG-SST) of companies operating in Colombia.

The objective of the SG-SST is to define a logical and systematic process to identify and control all risks that may affect the worker. Management requires the application of safety measures that improve the work environment and employees, raising awareness about the risks of inappropriate behavior in their workday and compliance with the current legislative framework.

Decree 1477 of 2014 sets out the list of occupational diseases this “new table is put in context with international standards to be double entry, that is, it has a classification by irrigation factors for preventive purposes by employers and another by pathologies with qualification purposes by the Social Security Entities ”. (1)