Implementation of the Law 618 “Occupational Health and Safety” at the enterprises of Tobacco in the city of Estelí 2015

Abstract

This research paper is done to the analysis of the implementation of the Law 618 “Law of Occupational Health and Safety” at the tobacco factories in Estelí. This is an applied research due to the analysis of the fulfilment of the 618, also is considered as quantitative. The universe of study is 15 enterprises of Tobacco. The data was collected using two different approaches: the survey and the interview done to responsible of the area of hygiene and safety at the tobacco factories and to the responsible of the INSS and MITRAB. In the main results, the organization of the area of Occupational Health and Safety at the tobacco factories are described.

Keywords: Hygiene, safety, tobacco