ORGANIZACIÓN DE LA PREVENCIÓN Y ACTIVIDADES PREVENTIVAS EN DISTINTOS SUBSECTORES AGROFORESTALES EN GALICIA.

Abstract

The surveys of work conditions allow us to have a better knowledge of the worker’s risks. The European Union carried out its first surveys in 1990, repeating it every five years. In Spain, the National Institute of Security and Hygiene, has carried out six surveys on different dates: 1987, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003 and 2007. The fourth National Survey on Work Conditions (2007), has included, workers of the agricultural sector, for the first time. They conducted a total at 11054 surveys: a 5.1% among the agricultural sector, 12.7% among the construction, 16.7% among industry and 65.5% in the services sector. In Galicia there are 87,758 workers in the agricultural sector, although only 52 of them were polled for this survey. The aim of this paper is to show the survey results carried out in the main Galician agroforestry subsectors to analyze worker knowledge about like prevention labour risks are organized in the company which he/she works and to know the different activities and figures which the companies use in the analyzed subsectors. Keywords: Prevention management; prevention resources; prevention activities; individual protection equipment