INDUSTRIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE T-3 BUILDING OF THE ENGINEERING FACULTY

INTRODUCTION

       The T-3 building of the Engineering Faculty doesn’t count with the minimum safety resources, and that’s for sure when walking through the corridors and don’t see any extinguisher at all (and if there is any, there are not enough or they are not in optimal conditions). The Engineering Faculty has neglected this very important area which is worrying on account of Guatemala is an earthquake country and has passed through huge natural disasters. It is possible that this building (built so many years ago) can cause damage into the integrity of each one of the students that could be inside the structure at the same time a natural disaster (for example, an earthquake) occurs or even when hurricanes come from ocean to earth.

         A study of this case has been started in the Engineering Investigation Center, this study has had the participations of many students with a finished pensum and almost everyone has conclude that is necessary an industrial safety equipment to be in the T-3 structure.

The goal is to propose, to the Engineering Faculty Authorities, the implementation of an Engineering Safety Equipment, starting with the essential needs (almost there is nothing at this time) to avoid accidents of many kinds, from light to heavy ones.

PROJECT’S CONTEXT

             Engineering Faculty consist on a group of different buildings on which only will focus on T-3 buiding, due to high costs and low budget on the faculty.

           The T-3 has 4 floors and each one of those has its own corridor. Inside the facilities, there are offices from areas like: Sports, Medicine, Psicology and Information Centre. Besides, it has in the interior a photocopier area, Korea Plaza and other facilities that are used for Indian labs. Each one of the floors has a health service divided in Women/Men.

POPULATION TARGETERED

           To implement the Safety Equipment will help in great manner to Engineering Student Poblation, due to dangerous situations has been reported at this time. For example, when raining students often slips on the first corridor due to water infiltration.

It is expected that this will be in benefit of all of us, in a major part for student people.

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

             There is not a stipulated date to perform or implement this project because of the low level in budgets that this Faculty has. However, this study is intended to be implemented in a determined time.

           There will be a person who will be responsible for leading the feasibility study, this person will determine the amount of money needed to invest. Also there will be another person which will be the responsible for making the study of Industrial Safety, identifying and trading the Safety Equipment to use due the specific case. And last but not less important, there will be personnel that will install the equipment.