Introduction:

Currently the man-work relationship is limited by health conditions, which can be aggravated by exposure to risk factors.

Materials and methods:

Descriptive, cross-sectional study, non-experimental design with a quantitative approach, carried out in 1570 consultants at work admission, carried out between October 2019 to March 2020; Probabilistic sample of 1073 people, confidence level of 98.00% and margin of error of 2.00 %. Inclusion criteria: applicants for pre-employment consultation, of legal age, both sexes and who consented to participate in the research; minors are excluded, authorized by the Ministry of Labor. The information was collected through occupational medical evaluations and complementary examinations with formats validated by the Institution and calibrated biomedical equipment. The information analysis was carried out with descriptive statistics, using mean, mode, standard deviation, tables, and figures. The ethical principles for research in humans were respected.

Results:

Average age 32 years, minimum age of 18 and maximum of 66 years, standard deviation of 9.2. 51.57 % of the participants had a personal pathological history, 47.15 % had a normal body mass index, followed by overweight; 11.00% presented arterial hypertension. The prevalence of work restrictions and postponements was 12.86 %, mainly caused by cardiovascular, visual, musculoskeletal, and digestive diseases.

Conclusions:

The restrictions and postponements for entering work correspond to the diseases described in the vital statistics presented in the country and in the Department of Sucre.

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