Riesgos sociales del trabajo en turno largo. Vida familiar y laboral en crisis en un campamento petrolero patagónico

Abstract

There is abundant literature regarding long-shifts work and the quality of life in onshore oil camps and offshore platforms and their impact on the health and the physical and psycho-sociological safety and the family life of workers. The common factor of the life style of oil workers -and other professions accustomed to long shift works- lies, however, in sociability problems at work and in personal life. We reached this conclusion, the starting point for further research, from a perceptions survey in which we inquired on these features through interviews and focus groups where –an unusual fact in this kind of surveys- the staff of subcontracting companies participated and whose testimonies pointed us in this direction.

Keywords

• oil camps
• psychosocial risks
• quality of life
• outsourcing