The Group Messer initiates the International Year of the hygiene

The Group Messer, manufacturer of industrial gases with corporate headquarters in Germany, initiated the past 13 September, a campaign of hygiene in the work in all his companies.

Under the lemma ‘This was not foreseen!', the campaign pretends to increase the hygiene of his employees concienciándoles even more to warn accidents in the place of work as well as in the day in day out personal. “It is indispensable to recognise of precocious form critical situations, that could carry to accidents, and mentalizarse especially in the daily work and in usual situations”, comments Stefan Messer, owner and president of the Group.

To the 11 hours of 13 September, the more than 5.000 employees that has Messer in 28 European countries, China, Vietnam and Peru realizar a simulation of emergency and received his specific instructions in matter of hygiene. “A pause forced that it can interfere noticeably in the course of the day”, indicates Hans-Gerd Wienands, director of Financialss of the Group Messer. “With this subsection want to show that the accidents no only mean a stray time for the company, but they can influence in the planning of the life of a family and even can destroy it.”

The subsidiary of the Group Messer in Spain presents a siniestralidad invalid. In all his installations in the Peninsula has not registered any accident with labour drop in the last five years. The efforts that the company has realizar in the field of hygiene reflect in said results. Thus, Messer Iberian has been awarded in 2013 by third consecutive year with the prize of hygiene that awards the patronal Feique. In 2012, Eiga, the European Association of Industrial gases, awarded to Messer Iberian a prize of hygiene in recognition to the ten years of work without accidents in his plant of fractionation of Vilaseca.

“Here does not treat of image” considers Stefan Messer. “The sense of responsibility consider it a dynamic process that is subject to continuous improvements. The incentive is the own health and the one of the mates of work – is one of our more valuable goods and is not sustituible”. This new campaign that has like objective mentalizar to the personnel on the importance to work and live in an environingingment sure joins to another campaign of health, under way from the past year, to impose the practice of healthy habits.