Guide · Occupational safety and health

DS 44 risk map what it includes and a plant example

The risk map puts the risk matrix on the wall: a layout of the site with its main risks marked. Here is what Chile's Supreme Decree 44 (DS 44) requires, the symbols and colors of the official guide, and an example map you can explore zone by zone.
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Informational guide, not legal advice. Check the current regulation at the Chilean Labor Ministry guide (Chile's official law library) and consult your safety professional or your mutual insurer (mutualidad).

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  • 6. Caught in machinery · SignificantControl: Interlocked guard and lockout during cleaning
  • 7. Noise exposure · Level 3 (hygiene)Control: Acoustic enclosure; PREXOR protocol

Requirements

What DS 44 requires for the risk map

Articles 62 and 63 of DS 44 require it of every employer. The methodology is set by the Chilean Labor Ministry guide, issued through Exempt Resolution 129 of January 29, 2025.

The map comes from the matrix: how risk is assessed →

Minimum content

Requirement

A drawing or layout of the workplace showing the main risks from the risk matrix with symbols

Source

Art. 62

Updates

Requirement

Every time the risk matrix changes

Source

Art. 62

Visibility

Requirement

Posted in visible spots at each workplace; its location is recorded in the prevention program

Source

Art. 62 and guide

Methodology

Requirement

The Chilean Labor Ministry's guide, Exempt Resolution 129 of 2025

Source

Art. 62

Who prepares it

Requirement

The prevention department or another specialized entity together with the joint health and safety committee; with no department, the mutual insurer; with no committee, the safety delegate

Source

Art. 63

Symbols and colors

A caution triangle in the color of its level

!Intolerable!Significant!Moderate!Tolerable

Yellow background, black border and pictogram, using the symbols in Annex 1 of the guide or those from your mutual insurer. The color depends on the type of risk:

Safety, emergencies, disasters and biological

Intolerable · Significant · Moderate · Tolerable

Chemical and physical hygiene

Level 4 · Level 3 · Level 2 · Level 1

Musculoskeletal

High or critical · Medium · Low

Psychosocial

High or critical · Medium · Low

How to draw it

How to build the sketch, step by step

63 · Site-wide risks, top left1 · Clear sketch of the zones2 · Symbol and level color4 · Legend, bottom right
  1. 1. A clear sketch of the zones; it does not have to be exact, and an existing one works.
  2. 2. The main risks from the matrix, each with its symbol and the color of its level.
  3. 3. If an area has many, red and orange come first; psychosocial risk always goes on.
  4. 4. Site-wide risks top left; the legend bottom right.

Communication

Where the map goes and how to share it

Risk map · Packaging67Open it on your phone

In a visible spot at each workplace. The guide suggests showing it in meetings and briefings, and adding a link or a QR code.

  • It is updated every time the matrix changes.
  • For people with visual impairments or color blindness: text explaining each color, braille or audio.

Free template

No matrix, no map: start with the IPER risk matrix

The symbols and colors on the map are the risks and levels from the matrix. The IPER (hazard identification and risk assessment) matrix spreadsheet calculates each risk's level; the map is drawn afterwards from those results.

  • · Probability times consequence using the method of Chile's Public Health Institute (ISP): expected loss value (VEP) and level calculated and color-coded
  • · Controls in the order of article 9, from elimination to PPE, recording the highest control used
  • · Owner, deadline, status and next annual review, ready for the preventive program
  • · Alerts for high risks controlled only with PPE, rows without a control and overdue deadlines

It does not replace an expert assessment or the Chilean Ministry of Health (MINSAL) protocols.

In the app

How the app keeps the map up to date

Plant changes are logged during the shift, create a pending task to update the matrix and map, and come out as a signed PDF. Free app in early access.

App screen for logging a workplace change with a photo
Get early accessFree app, in early access.

Frequently asked questions

Risk map FAQ

What is the DS 44 risk map?
It is a graphic representation of the workplace showing the occupational risks that can affect people's life and health. Article 62 of DS 44, Chile's Supreme Decree 44 on occupational safety and health management, requires employers to keep it on the premises, with a layout of the site and the main risks from the risk matrix marked with symbols.
Which companies must have a risk map?
Article 62 requires it of all employers, regardless of size. It must be posted in visible spots at each workplace and updated every time the risk matrix changes.
Is there an official guide for making the risk map?
Yes. Chile's Undersecretariat of Social Security issued the official guide for preparing occupational risk maps within employer organizations through Exempt Resolution 129 of January 29, 2025, published in the Diario Oficial (Chile's official gazette) on February 18, 2025.
What symbols and colors does the map use?
Under that guide, caution signs: a yellow triangle with a black border and symbol, using the pictograms in its Annex 1 or those provided by the employer's mutual insurer. Each risk's level is shown by its color: red, orange, yellow or green, depending on the type of risk.
Which risks go on the map if there are many?
The guide lets you prioritize red and orange risks over yellow and green ones in the same area, except psychosocial risk, which is always included. A risk that spans the whole site goes in the top left corner, and the legend in the bottom right.
Who prepares the risk map?
The employer, with technical support from its prevention department or another specialized entity and the participation of the joint health and safety committee (art. 63). Without a department, it can ask its mutual insurer or the ISL (Chile's public occupational safety institute) for help; without a committee, the occupational safety and health delegate takes part.

Sources: DS 44 on Ley Chile (BCN), arts. 62 and 63 · Guide for preparing occupational risk maps (in Spanish) · Exempt Resolution 129 of 2025 in the Diario Oficial · ISP guide, version 03. Reviewed on November 1, 2026.

Keep reading

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