FLACEMA and the Higher Technical School of Engineering of Seville (ETSI) have held a Conference on Occupational Risk Prevention in the Cement Sector or in the ETSI Degree Hall, which was attended by 100 students from the different Degrees and Masters who are taught at the School.

Under the motto 'Prevention of Occupational Risks in the Cement Sector', this conference brought together leading experts and professionals from the cement sector to provide engineering students with a valuable vision of the challenges and health and safety practices in this important industrial sector.

Participating in the opening ceremony were José Manuel Rodríguez Saucedo, general secretary of UGT-FICA of Andalusia and Vice President of FLACEMA, Ricardo López, managing director of AFCA, Manuel Parejo, general director of FLACEMA and Fernando Vidal, professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental and director of the Occupational Risk Prevention chair at the University of Seville.

Next, an interesting round table entitled 'Safety and Health in the Cement Sector' was held in which two experts from the sector participated. Carlos Alonso, director of Safety, Occupational Health and Corporate Social Responsibility of Cementos Portland Valderrivas, addressed the issue of preventive culture as well as the different prevention management systems in the Cementos Portland Valderrivas factories.

Finally, Andrés Núñez, Safety Manager at the Alconera (Badajoz) factory of Votorantim Cimentos Spain, offered an analysis from a safety point of view of the most representative tasks in a cement factory.