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Organization of training and information courses

The Prevention and Protection Service Secretariat provides the necessary support for the application of Legislative Decree 81/08. In particular, the Secretariat provides all employees and associates with the necessary information so that staff can get to know and participate in organized training courses. The Secretariat also takes care of preparing the necessary documentation and certificates of participation in training courses, issued only after it has been ascertained that the worker has been trained.

Worker information and documentation provided

All INFN employees are given a "Health and Safety at Work" brochure, drawn up by the National Permanent Commission on Hygiene and Safety at Work, which is the first information document for staff INFN. All the employees and associates are also given the "Videoterminals and Health" booklet informative notes for the use of those who use equipment equipped with a video display and the questionnaire verifies the training. Finally, the CD "Working at the INFN Section of Padua - Safe Work Guide" is also delivered with a final mandatory test.

Employee health surveillance

Employees are normally subjected to prior investigations aimed at verifying the absence of contraindications to the work for which they are intended. The secretariat prepares a specific Work Destination Card for the competent physicians of the Section with an indication of the risks to which the worker is exposed. The convocation of the worker for all the necessary examinations and for the planned visit is entrusted to the Medical Staff in agreement. In addition, the Service reports to the Comprehensive Physicians the name of all workers for whom health surveillance must be carried out according to current legislation.

Evaluation of employee and associated personal risk

Upon the assumption, or change of job, of an employee and / or an associate of the Padua Section and the Associated Group of Trento, the Secretariat of the Service updates the staff and prepares the card for the analysis of the risks to which the worker may be subject in relation to the activity he will perform. The compilation takes place in collaboration with the person in charge of the activity for which the employee will provide service. When hiring or changing the job the worker receives a card indicating the Personal Protective Equipment that the worker must use and the information necessary for their use.

Evaluation of the risk of the premises

Through the accurate and detailed compilation of the status of the premises (form B composed of 4 pages) occupied by employees and associates, it is possible to periodically update the risk assessment in relation to the premises, also identifying the correctness of the vdt stations.