Fraternidad-Muprespa celebrates in Oviedo the day “Give way to safe driving”
Fraternidad-Muprespaheld the road safety day on November 17 in Oviedo “ Give way to safe driving”, quote that is framed within the V Work Road Safety Week organized by the Mutua, coinciding with the celebration of the World Day of Remembrance for Victims of Traffic Accidents, on Sunday, November 20.
The event took place at the facilities of the Asturian Institute for the Prevention of Occupational Risks (IAPRL), and was attended by fifty people. Among the organizations attending were the IAPRL itself, the General Directorate of Traffic, ASPAYM, (Association of people with spinal cord injuries and other physical disabilities), Alas Iberia, Contratas Abamia, Correos, Carrefour, Eumedica Pharmaceuticals, Down Syndrome Association, Lila Asturias, Tragsa or Sociedad Ibérica de Construcciones Eléctricas.
Raquel Casado, Provincial Head of Traffic of Asturias, provided accident data from previous years. “The current data are similar to those obtained in 2019 and important changes are beginning to be detected in mobility and accident rates,” he highlighted.
Humberto Saez, head of the Training and Documentation Area of the IAPRL, described the characteristics of the Asturian Safe Mobility Seal, as well as the success among multiple companies in the Asturian business fabric from different fields. He also explained the different steps to qualify for said seal, whose flexibility makes it adaptable to any type of organization regardless of its size or activity.
Gema Gonzalez, secretary of ASPAYM Asturias, made an emotional intervention sharing her personal experience. At the age of 17, she suffered an accident that left her in a wheelchair. His communication skills and the strength of his testimony generated awareness among those present of the importance of road safety.
Ivan Fernandez, prevention consultant for the Mutua, described in his speech the tools that Fraternidad-Muprespa makes available to its associates to improve road safety awareness. To do this, he showed examples of immersive safety workshops, which promote improvements in driving habits and which are very well received. Likewise, the equipment was made available to attendees so that they could also test the drink-driving simulation glasses used in the workshops.
Finally,Maite Belver, Provincial Director of the Mutua in Asturias, closed the day by giving a brief summary of all the speakers' interventions.
This is the V Workplace Road Safety Week of Fraternidad-Muprespa
This is an event organized by the Mutual Fund on an annual basis with the aim of raising awareness among mutual companies in order to reduce accident rate work road, coinciding with the celebration of the World Day of Remembrance for Victims of Traffic Accidents. For this purpose, different events were scheduled this year: a national webinar which featured important expert speakers in different aspects of road safety, four face-to-face sessions, in To Coruña, Zaragoza, Asturias and Murcia, participation in conferences organized by the Regional Institutes for the Prevention of Occupational Risks in Jaén and Madrid as well as a Fratertalk with Bartolomé Vargas, who was the first Road Safety prosecutor of the State Attorney General's Office, as a guest expert.
