Presented the map of labour risk in the Andalusian sector of the cleaning

Fael Considers that it is indispensable to have a tool of basic assistance for the hygiene and the health of the workers that was common to all the organisations of the sector. Like this, this document treats to provide support and technical assistance with indispensable information to know the risks that employers and workers run in his places of work, as well as the means to warn them and to face up to his consequences. With this action, the federation pretends to advance a step more in the awareness and gestión of the labour risks, offering to the companies a series of recommendations that favour the integration of the prevention of labour risks in all the organisational structure and of taking of decisions of the company.

For the manufacturing of this project have realised surveys to the managers, owners and workers of 75 Andalusian companies. 23% of the interviewed belonged to a microempresa; 43% to a small company; 25% to an average and 9% remaining to a big company. The thickness of the workers (46%) has an age comprised between the 16 and the 25 years; 44% has between 26 and 45 years; 8% has between 46 and 65 years and 2% remaining, more than 65. Of the total of employees polled, 89% are women and 11% are men. Besides, the greater part of the workers (96%) exerts his work in other distinct companies to the centre typical of work. To continuation, do us echo of some of the results that give off of the manufacturing of this survey.

According to the study, 95% of the companies has realised the evaluation of labour risks to all the places of work, as it demands the valid legislation, whereas in 5% have not evaluated or only has evaluated part of the same. This evaluation or initial diagnosis has to repeat in determinate circumstances or when the work develop in another job centre, something very usual in the sector of the cleaning. The equipment of individual protection more used in the Andalusian companies analysed are the gloves of látex (75%), the footwear of protection (67%) and the mascarillas antipolvo (60%).

The most common causes of the labour accidents registered in the companies that form part of the study are the falls to the same level (30%), followed of the physical fatigue (28%) and the falls to distinct level (11%). The most common causes of the labour accidents registered in the companies that form part of the study are the falls to the same level (30%), followed of the physical fatigue (28%) and the falls to distinct level (11%). Sector of the cleaning. Of the companies participants that develop his activity in distinct job centres, 83% llevar the corresponding evaluation of risks, in front of 17% that admits to not to do it. Regarding the acquisition of machinery, 97% of the companies verifies that they have of marked CE, certificate of conformity and manual of instructions in Spanish.

Centring in the equipment of individual protection, as it can see in the chart, the most used are the gloves of látex (75%), the footwear of protection (67%) and the mascarillas antipolvo (60%). Attending to the labour accidents registered in the companies participants, in 57% has suffered some type of accident during the two last years, in front of 43% that affirms to not to have them suffered. Of the companies in which they produced accidents, 93% realised the corresponding investigation. The most common causes of the accidents are the falls to the same level (30,33%), the physical fatigue (27,87%), the falls to distinct level (11,48%), the machinery (4,10%) and the chemical products (4,10%).

According to the study, in all the companies participants in the survey exists a clear commitment of the steering with the prevention of labour risks. As it can see in the chart, the figure or preventive technical resource more used in the Andalusian companies is the service of extraneous prevention, present in 74,67% of the sector. To considerable distance situates the availability of a Service of Own Prevention (20%), whereas in third place finds the employer that assumes these functions (4%). 1,33% of the companies affirms to have workers designated for the development of the activity.

Of the analysis of the answers of the personnel devoted to cleaning on best practices, with regard to the postures of work, gives off that in 49% of the cases keep the body heaved at all times to avoid deformations of the column. The percentage of companies that in case of cleaning in upper heights to the shoulders uses banquetas or ladders is of 75% of the cases. When it asks to the companies if they avoid to remain of foot too time in the same position practising soft movements and estiramiento of the muscles, only 39% gives an affirmative answer, whereas 41% ensures to do it in some cases and 20% does not practise these recommended habits.

According to the survey, 96% of the companies designs and spreads measured of emergency between the workers, in front of so alone 4% that does not take into account this type of performances.

In 49% of the companies exists some instruction of work, triptych, poster, brochure, etc. that it collect the behaviour PAS (protect, warn and help), in front of 51% that does not llevar this type of performance. 68% of the companies has of accessible first-aid kits in the places of work, but surprises that in 32% of the cases is not like this.

Of the companies participants in the study, the whole provides to his hard-working learning in matter of prevention of labour risks. Regarding the existence of norms of hygiene or procedures that define the way to act in prevention, 97% of the companies affirms to have of them. 79% of the companies llevar mechanisms of participation and query of the workers in matter of PRL, and also guarantees the delivery of relative information to the prevention of labour risks to all the workers.

Main preventive needs

Like last phase of the analysis, asked to the companies that valued the needs that had or if the available means were appropriate or sufficient. In this sense, 99% of the respondents signals to have of sufficient means.