The Iberian Campaign for the Prevention of Accidents at Work will be presented on the 26th of April, as part of the seminar “Working safely, at 10:00 am, in the Auditorium of the Museum of Portimão.
This presentation will be given by José Banaco, labor inspector of the Labor Conditions Authority (ACT).
The aim of this campaign is even “to promote the reduction of accidents at work”.
“Every year more than 4000 workers die in Europe and 160 in Portugal. The reduction of accidents at work is one of the main objectives of the European Strategic Framework for Health and Safety at Work 2014 – 2020, as well as of the Health and Safety at Work Strategies in Spain and Portugal», explains ACRAL, one of the promoters of the event.
The seminar, which also intends to celebrate the National Day of Prevention and Safety at Work, which is celebrated on April 28, is aimed at traders, businessmen, security technicians, as well as «all who have people in their charge and feel the need to know more about the characterization and framework of safety legislation, work accidents and also what can be done to prevent them», explains ACRAL.
The initiative is promoted by the ACRAL secretariats of Portimão, Lagoa, Silves and Monchique, as well as by ACT, the Firefighters of Portimão, the Municipal Civil Protection Service of the Portimão Council, the Parish Council of Portimão, the National Protection Authority Civil and is supported by the Support Center for the Elderly of Portimão, the Escola Profissional Gil Eanes and the socialgar Insurance
Outside the Portimão Museum there will be an exhibition of means and resources of civil protection and actions for the use of fire extinguishers and basic life support by the Firefighters of Portimão.
Full program:
9:15 am: Reception of participants
9:30 am: Opening Session
(President of ACRAL: Álvaro Viegas)
(General Inspector of Labor – engineer Pedro Pimenta Braz)
Panel I - Prevention
Moderator: labor inspector – Paula Horta
10:00 am: Presentation of the Iberian Work Accident Prevention Campaign
(José Banaco // Labor Inspector // ACT)
10:30 am: Work Accidents in Barlavento
(Engineer Carlos Montemor // Labor Inspector // National Coordinator of the Iberian Campaign for the Prevention of Accidents at Work // ACT)
11:00 am: Organizational risks and the prevention of Work Accidents
(José Calvo Sanchéz // Labor Inspector // Labor and Social Security Inspection)
11:30 pm: Debate
Lunch Break (Free)
Panel II - Protection
Moderator: Richard Marques, Municipal Operational Commander of Portimão
14:00: Self-protection measures, legal framework and its implementation
(Engineer António Varela // Fire Safety Office // District Command of Relief Operations in Faro // National Civil Protection Authority)
14:45 pm: Formation of Evacuation Teams and 1st Intervention
(Valter Raimundo // Emergency Planning, Awareness and Public Information Office // Municipal Civil Protection Service)
15:30 pm: Automatic External Defibrillation Program
(Nurse Luís Mestre // Deputy Commander of the Fire Department of Portimão and Coordinator of the External Training Center of the Humanitarian Association of Voluntary Fire Department of Portimão)
16:15 pm: Debate
16:45 pm: Closing Session
(Isilda Gomes, mayor of Portimão)
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