At the end of January, C\u00e9sar Rueda, manager of UTE Maresme Ecological Treatments (UTE TEM) at the Consortium plant for Municipal Solid Waste Treatment, collected the Asepeyo award in Bilbao for the best preventive contribution of the institutional representation of workers and companies. David Gonz\u00e1lez, risk prevention representative at UTE TEM, collected the prize in the company\u2019s name. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The company has achieved this honour in the area of prevention for its project \u2018Educating to work safely\u2019, an initiative which is organised around the education and subsequent modification of preventive behaviour of the workers with respect to safety; the objective being to adopt new habits which help to prevent muscular injuries. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The implementation of the method was carried out with a campaign to raise the awareness of the employees through training activities to promote and consolidate the culture of corporate risk prevention. Among the proactive activities organised were sessions of osteopathy and an explanation of kinesiology tape to prevent musculoskeletal disorders. A \u2018Safety Week\u2019 was held, and a programme of visits to detect possible safety deficiencies was planned. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The implementation of the initiative has allowed the company to significantly reduce the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders by 58% and reduce the cost of absenteeism by 52.87%.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Video of the highlights published by Asepeyo:<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n