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Preventive measures
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The use of rear loading waste collection trucks marketed in accordance with the
UNE-EN 1501 standard, complying with safety measures in machines for their
commercialisation and rollout.
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Compliance of rear loading vehicles with the requirements stipulated in Annexes I
and II of Spanish Royal Decree 1215/1997.
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Implementation of alternative solid urban waste collection systems so that wor-
kers do not have to travel on the outside of the truck such as in side-loading
vehicles.
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Training and information for workers by providing specific courses and providing
them with the safety regulations and instructions for travelling in the vehicles.
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Organizational measures in designing the routes so that the sleeve on the outside
of the truck is used as least as possible and only for short routes, travelling inside
the cabin of the vehicles in all other routes.
By implementing
this measure, FCC Medio
Ambiente aims to protect
workers from possible
head injuries and
to improve the levels of
occupational safety
kers who are already using these protective
helmets.
The implementation of this measure invol-
ved the participation of workers’ represen-
tatives in the area of safety and health, as
well as middle-management in charge of
production.
Workers will have to wear a
helmet as a protective measure.
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