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Aprean produces a guide to evaluation of occupational hazards in renewable energy
01/02/2010
February 1, 2010
The Andalusian Association of promoters and producers of renewable energies of Andalusia (Aprean) has developed a guide to evaluation of occupational hazards in the sector of renewable energies for the prevention of situations of danger in the companies in this area.
The report, with the Foundation for the prevention of occupational risks, includes cases and indexes for irrigation which may occur at different stages of activity of the facilities dedicated to photovoltaics, solar thermal, thermal solar and biomass.
The study completed the report on the prevention of occupational hazards that Aprean developed last year focused exclusively on wind energy. At the same time, shows that the policy in the field of occupational hazards is one of the main concerns of those responsible for the construction and operation of the plants of electricity production in the different renewable technologies.
The report analyses when accidents, can produce what motivates them, its consequences and the ways to avoid them. It also details the general procedures to be included in the management of the prevention programme such as the development and dissemination of prevention policy, coordination of contracts in works, the registration and investigation of accidents and incidents, communicationanalysis and risk control, training and health surveillance.
The President of Aprean renewable, Mariano Barroso, has stressed that "to ensure the development of the sector in a secure manner is essential to extend the preventive culture all staff working in the operation and maintenance of power plants from renewable energy" at the same time that pointed out that "is a relatively young industry and" "in continuous evolution that requires a permanent innovation and evolution in the working procedures and the security associated with them".
