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PREFACE
Health
and Safety at work is a subject which has been given a high priority
by the Province of Livorno for some time. Various initiatives
have been set up, particularly in the maritime and port areas.
European,
national and local information has shown that agriculture, construction
and shipbuilding are sectors with the most accidents and work-related
illnesses. With these sectors in mind the Province of Livorno
has presented the project ‘New Technology for the Portection of
Life and Work’. The project is presented under the auspices of
the ‘Regional Operative Programme, Objective 3 of the European
Social Fund 2000 –2006) approved by decree of the Region of Tuscany
n. 7772/2000.
Despite
the valuable role of vocational training in awareness raising
and the creation of specialised professionals we believed that
more research was required on the particular nature of
safety in the three areas in question. So we have concentrated
on the themes of: training, research and dissemination.
In
addition to the research itself, this project has provided the
opportunity to exchange ideas at a local level. The private and
public sector in the province have directed their efforts at improving
safety at work right from the planning stages. It is from the
combined input of the local Health Authority, the private sector
and workforces that the project originated and was developed.
Particular attention has been given to the future and comparisons made
with the rest of Europe. To this end a study visit to The European
Agency for Health and Safety at Work in Bilbao was made. Valuable
information was gleaned as how to further hone the research work
being carried out.
This document contains the studies, pertaining to the three sectors,
of university professors selected by the Province. The Local Health
Authority has provided an introductory analysis of
the accidents in the Province of Livorno.
The publication is intended for a wide ranging audience and can be
used as a teaching tool in all training courses for health and
safety at work, as well as providing useful information to all
those concerned.
Claudio Frontera
President of the Province
of Livorno
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