When was Prevencoor born?
Prevencoor was established in 2008 with the idea of providing a different service in the prevention of occupational risks in our country. A service that was closer, more practical, real and simpler for companies and that would allow us to facilitate their compliance with prevention in the best possible way. And that way consists of banishing the typical binders with prevention plans and those evaluations and preventive planning that are endless, complex and difficult for the client to understand.
What is the current photo of the company?
Today we have various departments: Business Technical, Works, Projects, Legal, Medical, Training, Administration… This structure is under the supervision of Ana Blanco as responsible for department coordination, and two main directorates under it: a technical area, represented by Jesús Fernández, and a medical area, which is handled by Juan Jesús Santana. As director of this work group, I am proud of the team I have, made up of great professionals with a lot of experience behind them and fully committed to the project and business idea that we want to implement.
What does Prevencoor propose in the field of occupational risk prevention?
Prevencoor has always had four differentiating pillars with respect to its competition: Simpler prevention plans, easy to understand, with specific and concrete measures to comply with and appropriate to the reality of the company; face-to-face and practical prevention training at client facilities, with several follow-up visits per year; legal assistance specialized in prevention before labor inspections of our clients; and, finally, a more fair, equitable and professional health surveillance, where the client only pays for the medical examinations they perform. This has been our commitment from the beginning and we continue to maintain it today.
What customer profile are you targeting?
We target all types of sectors and activities, but it is true that we have a lot of acceptance in medium-large companies. The reason? I would say that they are usually companies that value offering more protection to their workers and are more aware, seeking better service, attention and development in this matter, and we, due to our way of working, tend to like and help them continue growing in the prevention of occupational risks.
We also have a construction client profile, to whom we offer monitoring of preventive resources in different projects throughout the country, as well as health and safety coordination on construction sites.
Prevencoor is the only third-party prevention service in Spain that has been awarded 3 different awards, awarded by the newspapers ABC and La Razón.
A comprehensive vision of prevention…
That’s how it is. We provide technical services to companies, health and safety coordination services on construction sites, preventive resources on construction sites, medical services, preparation of self-protection plans and emergency plans, health and safety plans, health and safety studies for construction sites, specific training in prevention…
Are companies aware of the value that an external ally provides in this field?
More and more, although we still have a long way to go. Prevention is everyone’s business, employers, workers, unions, prevention services, administrations, labor inspections, prevention centers… Together, little by little, we are achieving that the safety and health of workers is a basic pillar in all companies, self-employed workers and administrations in this country.
What differentiates Prevencoor from its main competitors?
The close, practical and decisive treatment that we provide to our clients. Our organization is flexible enough to adapt to the needs of each client, so our product is very attractive for a type of company that wants something more in prevention.
Is there still room for innovation in a field like this?
In this life you always have to continue investigating, learning, advancing and adapting to changes. Now that artificial intelligence is so fashionable, I consider that it is a tool that is here to stay and is being applied in general in companies and in many sectors, and the prevention of occupational risks is not going to be different from that.
What are Prevencoor’s future challenges?
Prevencoor’s main challenge is to continue growing without losing our differentiating values. With this I insist a lot on the human team that makes up the company and the truth is I am satisfied so far. As an entity we have three main objectives or lines of action. Firstly, continue with our differential performance in the prevention market as an accredited, distinct entity committed to customer service above all. Secondly, promote preventive culture and, thirdly, continue working on a line of research in new technologies applied to prevention that has recently begun to be developed and where Prevencoor has given its support.
How do you see the future of the sector?
We are currently experiencing a proposal from the Ministry of Labor to reform the prevention regulations, after almost 30 years of existence. However, we are extremely concerned that these initiatives are carried out without counting on the specialized business organizations in our sector, which are the ones that can provide solutions and improvements to the current regulatory framework. We are all in the same boat, which is none other than trying to improve the statistics of workplace accidents in our country and increase the general preventive culture of society. That is why I believe that companies in the sector should be counted on.