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Road safety
Prevention in the ambit of road safety and the pro-
motion of safe driving is also an essential question
to improve the quality of occupational safety in the
company. Progress in the framework of the Aqualia
road safety campaign in 2006 included:
A new health and safety policy was signed that
reaffirms the company’s commitment to road
safety.
Work was also undertaken on compiling informa-
tion on traffic accidents to assess the incidence
indices.
A sworn declaration was requested on the wor-
kers’ driving capacity, especially regarding the
points maintained on the driving licence.
Workers in the Lerida service during the presentation of the
Healthy Company programme.
Healthy Company
The Healthy Company programme encourages
employment well-being by promoting physical Aqualia: an example of occupational health and
activity and sport, healthy food and habits and safety
collaboration with the community.
Every year, Aqualia takes part in forums and mee-
The management unit in Lerida was the first work tings, together with other leading institutions, to
centre to start the initiative, joined in by all the discuss best practices carried out in the company
workers, offering incentives and activities proposed within the ambit of the prevention of occupational
by the employees themselves to live a healthier life, risks.
such as special prices in the gymnasium, nutritional
advice and the distribution of fruit in the work Notable in 2016 was the participation in the Foro
place, organisation of group activities and sports Altanto 2016 and in the Third Prevention Culture
competitions, among others. Meeting, organised by the Andalusian Institute for
Prevention Culture (IAPRL) and the obtaining of
Aqualia started the assessment of the workers’ recognition for its work in the workers’ health and
psycho-social risks in 2016. safety.
The objective is to progress and to continue dee-
pening on questions surrounding the concept of
occupational health and to detect prematurely the
most frequent health problems among the workers
and then to define specific measures that contribute
to improving the results.
The actions carried out in 2016 before the start of
the risk analysis included:
Definition of the assessment method to be used.
Undertaking of a study to determine the “analysis
units,” allowing the diagnosis surveys to be ma-
naged with greater effectiveness.
Awareness workshop for 20 persons in which
prevention technicians, human resource managers Aqualia discusses the mileposts and challenges to the company
and workers’ representatives took part. in the area of employment well-being during its participation
in the 2016 Altanto forum.
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