En el marco de la asignación de recursos de la Fundación para la Prevención de Riesgos Laborales (Convocatoria de asignación de recursos del ejercicio 2011, IS-0110/2011, IS-0113/2011 e IS-0136/2011), CEOPAN, las federaciones sindicales FEAGRACCOO y FITAG-UGT y el Instituto de Biomecánica (IBV) han desarrollado un proyecto dirigido a presentar recomendaciones y buenas prácticas ergonómicas mediante mensajes audiovisuales disponibles a través de la web o de los dispositivos móviles de los trabajadores y empresarios del sector de panadería.
During 2011, CEOPAN, FEAGRA-CCOO, FITAG-UGT and IBV developed a manual for technical assessment to prevent ergonomic risks in the bakery sector, thanks to the funds of the FPRL (IS-0099/2010).
This project allowed the development of a simple, rapid and participatory tool for ergonomic risk assessment.
This tool answered one of the great difficulties in the sector for the implementation of preventive measures: having simple tools available for entrepreneurs and employees in the context of microSMEs (more than 90% of companies of the bakery sector).
In 2012 the same entities have developed a project to overcome another challenge of the sector: the difficulty to access to training caused by work schedules and because so small companies don't hire any prevention consultant for technical assessment.
Specifically, partners have developed a set of audiovisual podcasts based on real environment, available through a web portal or mobile apps, in order to explain risk factors for employees and good practices to reduce them.