Descriptive analysis of “in itínere” and “no in itínere” accidents that occurred in a telecommunications services company in Ecuador, 2014-2017

Abstract

Background: In order to make the most accurate description possible of the “in itínere” and “no in itínere” accidents suffered by the workers of a telecommunications company in Ecuador in the 2014-2017 period; Methods: An exploratory, descriptive investigation was carried out, quantitative type of retrospective longitudinal non-experimental design, through the analytical study of the information that the organization reports on the referred accidents to the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (IESS), information to which descriptive statistics was applied through the IBM SPSS Program 22. Results: There was a deficient and irregular compliance with the preventive safety measures, confirming that the determining cause in updating said accidents regardless of the circumstance or condition is the regulatory breach of the preventive safety measures. This implies the strict application of preventive security measures, by raising awareness of a culture based on responsible behavior, to control and minimize such events, both in the aforementioned organization and at the national level; and Conclusions: This comparative study constitutes an example of an indicative model of what should be done at the national level in the regulatory institutions of Occupational Health and Safety Management, taking into account that they have the pertinent information provided by all companies and productive sectors. Likewise, it is worth highlighting the need and important importance of executing it at a specific business level in order to establish pertinent internal preventive and corrective measures that allow controlling said accident.