The Prevention Area counts with four units specified in the regulations of the prevention area:

• Health in the workplace.
• Safety in the workplace.
• Industrial hygiene.
• Ergonomics and applied psycho-sociology.

All units will be coordinated to:

• Evaluate and control the factors that may be a risk for health and safety.
• Promote prevention: training, information and counselling to the university community on the subject of prevention.

Activities of prevention specialties

a) Occupational medicine

• Campaigns for health promotion
• Health examinations
• Assistance activities through health offices
• Assistance of occupational accidents
• Provision of first-aid kits

b) Safety in the workplace.

• Emergency plans of the University of Valencia’s buildings.
• Fires and fires extinction.
• Signalling of buildings.
• Safety in laboratories and facilities.
• Risks related to electricity.
• Prevention and protection measures
• Investigation of accidents and suggestion of corrective measures.

c) Industrial hygiene.

• Control of the disinfection, disinsectisation and rat extermination treatments.
• Evaluation of chemical agents exposure. Toxicology in the workplace.
• Noise pollution and vibrations.
• Ionising and non-ionising radiations.
• Appropriate ventilation of the facilities.
• Biological agents: professional diseases produced by living agents.

d) Ergonomics and applied psychology

• Working environmental conditions: noise, illumination, thermal comfort, pollution, etc.
• Conception and design of workstations: equipment and furniture, space, position, etc.
• Physical and mental workloads: social environment and personal factors.