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Meeting on Prevention of Occupational
Hazards (POH) at the Environment Division
The annual meeting of FCC Medio Ambien-
te on Prevention of Occupational Hazards
meeting was held on 17 December at the
Las Tablas headquarters. POH technicians
and coordinators from the 17 branch offices
of FCC Medio Ambiente and Central Servi-
ces, as well as representatives of the Medi-
cal Departments, participated in this event.
The results of absenteeism and accidents at
work during 2015 and the trend in the rela-
ted direct costs were described in the mee-
ting. Also, the most serious accidents were
discussed as well as the related corrective
and preventive measures.
In accordance with FCC Medio Ambiente’s
Strategic Plan for Road Safety 2015-2018,
the rate of road accidents was analysed and
the Levante II and Aragón-La Rioja branch
offices of Medio Ambiente described their
experience with the “Twelve months, twelve
causes, one objective” campaign.
As to good practices and health, the medical
services of the Andalucía II branch described
the “Handle stress” campaign and the Ca-
nary Islands branch talked about the results
of the “Motivation Campaign”.
A presentation was made on the work ca-
rried out by the Environment Division on the
Preventive Resource and the common cri-
teria to be taken into account such as the
appointment and training of the worker and
his main functions. The results of the “Ergo-
nomic Study of the Worker who performs
manual street sweeping” work were also
discussed. This study served as the basis for
the collectible “Ergofichas” which indicate in
a clear and comprehensive manner, the as-
pects that workers should take into account
at their jobs in order to prevent accidents.
The results of the internal and external audits
were also discussed at the meeting, explai-
ning the aspects that should be stressed to
achieve constant improvement. The medical
services also participated and described the
organizational changes and those relating to
the new regulations in relation to their impact
on the processing of sick leave forms for
common illnesses.
The FCC Safety, Health and Well-being De-
partment described the main lines of action
for the coming years, focusing mainly on the
management of diversity and the healthy
company concept. Finally, the Castile-León
branch office described its experience in
managing the company FCC Equal, S.L.
which has as its main activity the provision
of cleaning services and whose objective is
to integrate people with disabilities in the job
market.