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Councilwoman Employment has received from the hands of the High Commissioner Brand Spain the first recognition of the Scholastic Awards Zaldívar who receives a government, after an investment of almost € 40,000 to improve the suction of metals in welding shops.
April 28, 2016.
The Councillor for Presidency and Employment of the City of Lorca, Eulalia Ibarra, received this morning from the hands of Carlos Espinosa Mateos, high commissioner of the brand Spain.
The first national recognition that Scholastic Awards Zaldivar gives public administration and has been chosen among 77 proposals submitted by the installation of an extraction system located in the workshops of the Municipal Training Centre of La Torrecilla, which is a voluntary improvement not required by law.
Ibarra explained that "this distinction, awarded by the Society Mupresa as a reward for the best stocks of companies highly committed to the Occupational Health and Safety, who have demonstrated to be executed or be running actions represent an improvement in safety and health its workers beyond strict compliance prevention. "
In this case, the improvements are not only "measures, actions and programs that the Consistory undertaken to reduce accidents and improve the safety and health of municipal employees, but also students who are learning a trade, so this award recognizes the effort, work, sensitivity and commitment of the City of Lorca in the field of prevention, "said Councilwoman Employment.
The main investment made by the City Council that motivates this award is replacing the old system of existing extraction workshops locksmith with a more powerful, more flow capacity in the aspiration of polluting fumes of metals such as chromium, iron, manganese, copper, molybdenum and nickel;
in addition to providing it with a larger number of welding booths and incorporating flexible arms to reach a better way to the area of ​​emission of the pollutant.
This action has involved an investment of nearly 40,000 euros.
"Although the values ​​environmental limits of daily exposure analyzed in this space were lower than those established by the decree of protecting the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work, and provide workers masks protection from the government team wanted to go further and this investment was made, with the noise levels from the turbines of the system is also reduced, by placing a silencer, although the previous installation noise emitted also below as established by the legislation protecting the health and safety of workers from the risks related to noise "added the mayor.
In memory with the continuous advancement of the City of Lorca in the prevention of occupational hazards is justified, it is also mentioned ergonomic adaptation jobs, reducing eyestrain by elevators screen, reduced wear wrist by mousepads and gel wrist rest, ...
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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