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Greater
safety
FCC Medio Ambiente has
implemented individual
head protection equipment
as an additional safety
measure for waste
collection employees.
Solid urban waste collection is one of the
most important activities carried out in the
Environment business. The human team
which performs this work includes the truck
driver plus one or two workers who handle
the waste. For long stretches, they travel
inside the truck while in shorter routes, they
travel holding on to handles on the side of
the trucks.
In the risk assessments for the job of em-
ployees who work in back-load waste co-
llection trucks, one of the dangers detected
was the risk of falling from the truck.
Improving safety and
health conditions
FCC Medio Ambiente, in order to improve
the safety and health conditions of its wor-
kers, has decided that in all the urban solid
waste collection contracts using back-loa-
ding trucks, the workers must wear safety
helmets when travelling on the outside part
of the truck in order to protect their heads
Workers who
travel hanging on to the
sides of the waste
collection trucks must
wear these helmets
for waste collection
personnel
in the event of a possible fall from these ve-
hicles.
These helmets absorb the impact, thereby
minimising the risk of head injuries and pro-
vide protection on the front, side, and back
of the head, the temples, and the crown of
the head. Its design is ergonomic and takes
into account the anatomical and physiolo-
gical characteristics of the worker without
hampering visual or hearing capacities.
Studies were conducted and the helmets
currently available in the maker were analy-
sed and tested in several departments,
providing training and information to wor-