TO
ASSUME THE PREVENTION
Personal
Asuncio'n by the industralist of the preventive activity
The
industralist (direction) develops the prevention activity personally.
The
monitoring of the health of the workers, as well as those other preventive
activities not assumed by the direction, will have to be covered by means
of the resource to some with the remaining preventive modalities.
Designated
workers
The
industralist (direction) designates to one or several workers to take care
of the preventive activity in the company.
The
prevention activities that by their complexity or qualification cannot be
developed by the designated workers, will be made through one or more own
or other people's services of prevention.
In
any case, when the company does not have on watch own prevention, he is
very advisable that in the company designates a person next to direction
that coordinates these subjects, to make agile communication routes and to
promote a prevention integrated in all the hierarchic line. This person,
in addition to a basic formation in prevention of labor risks, according
to which she establishes the Regulation of Services of Prevention, must
have good capacities of human relations and knowledge of management. Their
voluntariedad and sensitivity by the conditions of work are also essential
aspects to consider.
Service
of Own or Joint Prevention
The
own service of prevention constitutes a specific organizational unit and
their members had to be dedicated of exclusive form in the company to the
prevention of labor risks, at least the technicians of superior formation
of the two demanded preventive specialties. The interdisciplinariedad of
the members of the Service is very advisable.
The
service of prevention will have to be able to provide to the company the
advising and support that needs, with respect to:
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The
design, application and coordination of the plans and programs of
preventive performance.
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The
evaluation of the risk factors.
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The
determination of priorities in the adoption of the suitable preventive
measures and the monitoring of its effectiveness.
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The
information and formation of the workers.
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The
benefit of first aid and plans of emergency.
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The
monitoring of the health of the workers in relation to the risks
derived from the work.
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As
the regulation establishes, the Service of Prevention will count like
minimum with a technician of two of the specialties of the superior level
(Security in the Work, Industrial Hygiene, Ergonomi'a and Labor
Psicosociología and Medicine of the Work).
The
experts in the preventive disciplines will act of coordinated form, in
individual in relation to the functions relative to the preventive design
of the identification, jobs and evaluation of the risks, the plans of
prevention and the plans of formation of the workers.
Based
on the size of the company, of the type of risks and their organization,
the technicians of superior formation must have collaborator with
functions of basic and intermediate the level that will integrate the
Service of Prevention. The composition of the equipment had to be based on
the necessities and of the preventive planning.
The
members of the Service of Prevention will make the functions according to
their qualification according to indicates the regulation.
The
Services of Prevention will be equipped with the material resources
necessary to be able to make their assignments effectively.
It
is necessary to consider that independently of which the members of the
Service assume of direct form the accomplishment of certain preventive
performances that are to them own and that cannot be transferred, like for
example the evaluation and control of the hygienic risks, the design of
facilities against fires, the internal evaluation of elements of the
preventive system, etc., it is necessary that in many of the planned
preventive activities they participate and directors, technicians,
controls and workers imply themselves directly. | 
