Union of mutual presents ErgoMaq in Barcelona.

-Catalonia counts with approximately 300,000 workers in the metallurgical sector and 22,000 of the wood and furniture industry

-with ErgoMaq, companies can check the status of machines and implement ergonomic protection workers

-in Spain, one of every three labour casualties are due to ergonomic problems

Barcelona, April 2012.- mutual Union has presented on the morning of last Wednesday, in Barcelona, the new ErgoMaq application, during the seminar organized by the Department of business and occupation of the Generalitat on ergonomic risks: current situation in Catalonia and practical experiences for its approach to ”.

ErgoMaq is an initiative of mutual Union and is part of the ongoing work that makes the mutual in r & d to reduce occupational risks and improve the health of workers and the competitiveness of enterprises.

the online application ErgoMaq allows the management of prevention of ergonomic risks for users of machines of metal and wood and furniture sectors. It is a tool, in digital format, allowing the ergonomic verification of machines and protection from ergonomic risks of workers who handle them.

During the day, the r & d responsible of Union of mutual, Javier Murcia, has exposed the operation of the application. It has stressed that with this tool, intended the mutual to provide a better service to companies, helping them to make more agile and simple management of prevention of accidents at work. In this regard has highlighted that the tool designed by the mutual allows any employer review online machines in his workshop. You just have to have an Internet connection ”

Con ErgoMaq, companies can diagnose their teams and select the design and safety requirements of the machines that have to verify, can generate reports of results both team and equipment, as well as planning preventive measures for the improvement of jobs, everything in the digital network. The verification is performed by means of a questionnaire that assesses a total of 66 aspects of different ergonomic aspects, covering, among others, design body dimensions, whereas the mechanical behaviour of the human body, the information and command devices or interaction with the physical work environment.

The application is accessible from the website of the mutual from where you can find information on European regulations on safety and ergonomic design of the machines.

in Spain, one of every three labour casualties due to ergonomic problems, as a result of the bad posture, repetitive movements or physical instant. In addition, 28% of working days lost due to this type of contingency associated with ergonomic problems in the working environment. In fact it is the cause of more frequent low accident and the cause of most important social and economic cost.

About Union of mutual

Union of mutual gives coverage to more than 400,000 workers, is integrated in mutual Corporation, the first mutual fund group of the country by networks of service, with 324 own centres throughout the country.

Workers protected by any mutual comprising Corporation mutual, i.e. (Cesma-mutual of Andalusia and Ceuta, Ibermutuamur, Mac-mutual of accidents of Canaries, MC Mutual, mutual Gallega, Mutualia, Solimat and mutual Union) could attend interchangeably, depending on their needs and proximity, any of these centers, which belong to the different mutual that make up the entity. In all Spain, mutual Corporation has nearly 380,000 associates and gives coverage to approximately 3.210.000 workers.