Risk Prevention

Last year more than 65,000 traffic accidents occurred in Spain with victims, which represents 10% of the total number of occupational accidents with sick leave.65,000 Accidents, 70% were Itinere accidents, i.e. occurred to go or return to work and the other 30% are in mission, accidents that take place during the working day. According to data from the National Institute of safety and hygiene at work, 2010 occurred in 759 fatal accidents, of which 264 were for traffic accident. Regarding the number of deceased, 264 workers lost their lives in accidents, of which 165 occurred while going to or returning from work and traffic 99 took place during the working day.Because of concerns about this type of accident, the General Directorate of traffic has started this month a second information campaign (the first took place in November last year) with the objective to reach the population a message of caution against the risk of suffering an accident at work to the go or from work. During the fifteen days of the same you can see two ads on television and listen to two radio spots in which through everyday situations is called attention to this type of displacement.The campaign leverages the expression from home to work and work to home of very frequent use in any daily conversation, by the meaning that acquired in the context of road safety. The slogan of the campaign is the work safety begins when you leave home, with which it is educate workers that the labour protection must also be extended to journeys of roundtrip to work.The campaign can also be seen on the Internet and citizens wishing to do so can participate in it through the platform of good practice leaving messages that they consider useful for raising awareness of this risk.

As safety in the workplace starts leaving home, traffic encouraged drivers: * avoid journeys routine: while every day are often the same shuttling to go or return from work, the circumstances of the traffic are not equal. For this reason, the driver must be aware of the specific circumstances of the traffic and adapt your driving to them. Monday is the day of the week that more traffic on the occasion of work accidents are recorded. * Only use the handsfree for short conversations, never for long conversations. According to various studies after minute and speaking by mobile driver perceives not 40% of signals, your average speed low 12%, the heartbeat is accelerated sharply during the call and it takes longer to react.

* Avoid the distractions and concentrate on driving. * Avoid going in a hurry. 70% Of labour traffic in itinere accidents occur when you go to work. Possibly greater speed by arriving on time, rigid schedules, linked to the INA exact time signing productivity generate a stressful situation that usually involves her assumption of higher risk situations according to the risk prevention companies. This campaign is part of the areas of action to develop the new strategy for road safety 2011-2020, in which actions as this will seek to reduce occupational hazards in work-related displacement and incorporate the culture of road safety in companies.