Introduction: In the world there are few studies on the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in restaurant workers, the food service industry being an important sector and the growth of the world economy. In this sector there are a large number of risk factors that include biomechanics which can cause occupational diseases that affect the quality of life of the worker, his family and an economic and social weight in companies that have a negative impact. in the capacity and capacity of work. Objective: Establish the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms and related factors in workers of a food company in the city of Bogotá, Colombia, 2019. Materials and methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out, in which 121 workers from which 82 belong to the operational area and 39 belong to the administrative area. Sociodemographic, labor variables related to skeletal muscle symptoms are included, for which the secondary data provided by the biomechanical risk monitoring program company in which the Nordic questionnaire was applied was taken. For the statistical analysis, a frequency distribution line, measures of central tendency and dispersion will be achieved and association measures will be applied to evaluate the relationships between the variables. Results: the majority of the workers of the food company were male (54.5%), 33.88% of the total population found some skeletal muscle symptom, finding a statistically significant association between being in the operational area and not develop any symptoms (p = 0.01; OR 0.3860 95% CI 0.17-0.85). Conclusion: This study determined a high prevalence of symptoms related to skeletal muscle disorders among workers in the administrative area of a food company with respect to the operational area, because it is the area with the greatest exposure to biomechanical risk factors in the workplace.
