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Item Open Access Programa de control de riesgo ergonómico en los trabajadores del sector ferretero de la ciudad de Cotacachi(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Sede Ibarra, 2021-05) Albuja Echeverría, Paola AlexandraWhen carrying out the program of control of ergonomic risks in forced postures for the hardware sector in the city of Cotacachi, it was done with the purpose of improving the occupational health of workers to avoid in this way the musculoskeletal disorders that workers may suffer. due to the bad posture he has when carrying out daily activities. To develop this program, it was done through a quantitative investigation because it was identified, evaluated and diagnosed the ergonomic risks in forced postures that the employees of the hardware stores have, using the method of direct observation, this study was carried out on 20 workers in 6 hardware stores in the city of Cotacachi, the research instruments used were video and photographs, which helped us to apply the assessment methods required in this research, which are: the REBA Rapid Entire Body Assessment, methods. OCRA (Occupational Repetitive Action) Check List (upper body members) and the NIOSH method (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health), to later with the results obtained to be able to carry out the proposal of the risk control program in forced postures that helps to improve the labor welfare of workers.