Work at heights: Occupational medical findings in a water supply and sewerage services company of Bogotá, Colombia

Introduction
The Government of Colombia has been enacting guidelines relating to the activities of high risk in matters of health and safety at work, work at heights. The presence of certain diseases is considered as medical restrictions for the execution of these tasks. 

A study was carried out in a public company of Bogotá, Colombia, between October 2008 and March 2009 in workers engaged in work at heights on the maintenance of telecommunication towers; throwing as a result are workers with levels of important cardiovascular risk and visual disturbances 

Methods
A descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective study was conducted on the Occupational medical histories of workers engaged in activities of preventive and corrective maintenance of towers of communication, end of year 2008 and the beginning of the year 2009.

Results
The study shows mostly workers over age 40, with important findings regarding disease cardiovascular. 37 Workers included in the survey belong to the male gender, most are between 31 and 40 years (48.6%), the average age of the entire group was 40-year-old. We observe a high incidence of refractive pathology (67.6%), overweight (64.8%) and hyperlipidemia (62.1%).

Discussion
The great discussion that gives us this study for companies that already have workers working at heights, is the real work begins after the findings, it is clear that companies may not dispense with his workers, who by experience, knowledge and social responsibility are persons which should continue in the companies. What comes after is to improve the health of those who need it, prepare them optimally so let's not risking their lives and devote ourselves basically to prevention, aimed at all levels should work as a premise.