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FCC Medio Ambiente participates in the
Occupational Road Safety
training organized by the Regional Institute of
Safety and Health at Work
Carolina Esteban Vitutia, an FCC Medio
Ambiente prevention technician, was
responsible for conducting the course
entitled “Road Safety in Urban Sanitation”
as part of a training program organised by
the regional Institute of Safety and Health
at Work (IRSST, Spanish acronym) on
“How to improve preventive measures in
Occupational Road Safety.
This training activity, held at Instituto de
Madrid, is art of the Training Catalogue
for 2016 and aims to inform on basic
road safety concepts, risks, and efficient
measures in the work environment.
To complete the training Program, IRSST
requested the participation of FCC Medio
Ambiente so that it could discuss its track-
record and experience in matters relating
to road safety, recognised in other forums,
such as in EU, participating in the PRAISE
seminar organised by the European
Transport Safety Council
Carolina shared with the students the basic
ideas of the FCC Medio Ambient Strategic
Road Safety Plan which served to illustrate
the good management in this area and,
particularly in the urban sanitation sector
in terms of road safety, mobility, and the
prevention of road accidents.
Among the topics discussed, Carolina
stressed the importance of the having the
support of the Company’s management
which sets specific road safety objectives.
An analysis was made of the road risk
factors inherent in an activity conducted
on public thoroughfares and some of the
effective prevention measures implemented
in several branches in Spain were discussed
such as:
•
Implementing the use of the safety
helmet by workers who ride on the
stirrup in rear-loading waste collection
trucks.
•
Program for redesigning the routes for
rear-loading waste collection trucks to
eliminate potentially dangerous turns
in the Central, North, and Cataluña II
regional branch offices.
•
The “12 months, 12 slogans, 1
objective” Road Safety campaign
conducted by the Levante II and the
Aragon-La Rioja branches.
Recognition of the
work carried out by
FCC Medio Ambiente
IRSST recognises the work of FCC
Medio Ambiente in the fight against
traffic accidents. It highlights the
fact that more and more public and
private organizations are becoming
aware of the influence of traffic on
occupational safety and implement
preventive measures such as training
and awareness-building campaigns to
make traffic accident prevention part
of a company’s activity.
Carolina Esteban Vitutia,
an FCC Medio Ambiente
prevention technician,
was responsible for
conducting the course
entitled “Road Safety in
Urban Sanitation” as part
of a training program
organised by IRSST.