Spanish Labour Inspectorate takes part in European campaign to prevent accidents at work

SLIC Campaign on Accidents at Work (AAW)

This campaign, which has been designed and coordinated by the Senior Labour Inspectors' Committee of the European Union (SLIC), is being carried out simultaneously in all 27 countries of the EU.

This type of action aims to ensure a common approach- on this occasion zero accidents at work- to the uniform and effective implementation of health and safety regulations in workplaces, by adopting homogeneous inspection criteria and practices across the EU.

The Labour and Social Security Inspectorate has taken part in the different European campaigns that have been designed and prepared by SLIC on a biannual basis. In 2010, the focus was on hazardous substances; in 2012 on psychosocial risks; in 2014 on falls; in 2018 on safety and health in Temporary Work Agencies (TWAs), and in 2022 on musculoskeletal disorders.

The European SLIC 2024 Workplace Accidents Campaign: Improving prevention, has been designed in line with the EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2021-2027, the aim of which is to improve safety and health conditions at work in a constantly changing working world, and the adoption by employers of measures to ensure safe working conditions.

In addition to verifying companies' compliance with occupational health and safety regulations, the Inspectorate will also monitor risk prevention and corrective measures taken subsequently to eliminate the risk that has caused a worker harm.

Information on the details of this campaign and its objectives is also available on the website of the Labour and Social Security Inspectorate, as are various documents specific to the sectors covered by the campaign and links to websites with relevant information on the subject.

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