OBLIGATION OF THE BUSINESS OWNER

• Law 31/1995 on Prevention of Occupational Risks:
  Sets the employer's obligations regarding the protection of workers, the use of PPE, the suitability of work equipment, information and training of occupational hazards,...
• 486/1997 Royal Decree: WORKPLACE:
  Appropriate measures should be taken to protect workers authorized to enter the areas of the workplace where safety of workers may be affected by risk of falls from height. Platforms, scaffolding and walkways, as well as the unevenness, holes and openings that could involve workers fall hazards greater than two meters shall be protected by railings and other equivalent collective protection safety system.
• 773/1997 Royal Decree on the use of Personal Protective Equipment - PPE:
  Should be determine the positions in jobs that need to resort to personal protection and specify, for each of these positions the risk or risks against which protection must be available, parts of the body to be protected and the type of PPE to be used.
• 2177/2004 Royal Decree amending 1215/1997 RD on work equipment:
  4.1.1 Attachment: The choice of the most appropriate type of work access to temporary workplaces at height should be selected according to the frequency of passage, the height to be uploaded and duration of use.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BREACH

• PUBLIC LIABILITY.
• CRIMINAL LIABILITY: Professional and reckless imprudence.
• ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSABILITY: Inspection sanctions.
• LABOUR DISCIPLINARY RESPONSABILITY: Warnings, suspension without payand even disciplinary dismissal.