Subsidies in Madrid in matters of Prevention

The Community of Madrid has published the Order of August 8, 2022, of the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Employment, which establishes the regulatory bases for the granting of subsidies, during the validity of the VI Master Plan for the Prevention of Occupational Risks of said community, aimed at reducing accidents. labor by improving health and safety conditions at work.

The beneficiaries are:

• Natural or legal persons, provided they have one or more employed workers, have economic activity in the Community of Madrid and carry out the investments or activities subject to subsidy in work centers located within the territory of the region.
• In the case of natural persons who carry out an economic activity in the cases included in article 1 of the Self-Employed Work Statute, they may be beneficiaries of these subsidies whether or not they employ self-employed workers foreign.

The subsidies are aimed at reduction of workplace accidents through integration of prevention in the company through the following lines:

• Line 1. Acquisition of new machinery, replacing old ones, which, although it complies with current legislation, has lower levels and safety features than the one acquired and the scrapping of the replaced machinery, except for the machines that are included in lines 3, 4 and 5 below.
• Line 2. Adaptation of work equipment based on the requirements established in Annex I of Royal Decree 1215/1997, of July 18, which establishes the minimum health and safety provisions for the use of work equipment by workers.
• Line 3. Acquisition of work equipment for areas classified by risk of formation of explosive atmospheres (ATEX zones), except personal protective equipment.
• Line 4. Design and installation of localized extraction systems.
• Line 5. Acquisition of motorized work equipment for the transfer, transportation and storage of loads or acquisition of motorized work equipment for carrying out work at height by workers.
• Line 6. Design, installation and verification of collective protection equipment or fixed lifelines on deck.
• Line 7. Acquisition of mobile work towers for microenterprises.
• Line 8. Theoretical and practical firefighting training aimed at SME workers.
• Line 9. Activities aimed at enhancing own resources in the preventive modalities adopted by companies.

The application period for grants is open from August 30 to November 21, 2022.

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