The Office of Safety, Health and the Environment (OSSMA) was created in 1998 by agreement of the Board of Governors, with the aim of providing the University of Barcelona with a technical organizational structure to manage and promote the integration of occupational risk prevention and the environment at the UB, in accordance with regulations.
Initially, the Office was made up of the Occupational Health and Safety Area and the Environmental Area . Later, in 2009, the Social Care Area was created to offer University staff a personalized and confidential service of advice and professional help in the face of possible personal, work and socio-family problems.
The OSSMA, therefore, is a multidisciplinary office formed by a heterogeneous group of professionals.
Its mission is to ensure the adequate promotion, prevention and protection of the health and safety of UB employees, as well as environmentally friendly practices throughout the University.
Its functions are to provide advice and assistance to all members of the university community: the rector’s team, UB staff and their representatives, specialized representative bodies and students.
Index
- Who we are and what we do
- Safety and Health
- Environment
- Social assistance
- Institutional relations
- Where to find us
Who we are and what we do
More info:
Safety and Health
In accordance with the UB Statute and the UB Prevention Plan, the Health and Safety Area carries out preventive activities. It is constituted as the University’s own prevention service, with the four specialties established by law:
- occupational safety
- ergonomics and applied psychosociology
- industrial hygiene
- occupational medicine
Its functions are those established in the regulations and consist of providing the University with the necessary advice and assistance to manage and integrate occupational risk prevention throughout the university community, in compliance with the UB’s Prevention Plan.
Environment
The OSSMA Environment Area carries out support actions for the deployment of selective collection, the appropriate management of waste generated at the UB and the implementation of environmental plans in the faculties and administrative units. It also proposes environmental sustainability criteria for subcontracted companies, teaches courses on the environment, launches projects to promote sustainable mobility and drives environmental awareness campaigns among the university community.
Social assistance
The University of Barcelona, with the aim of improving the comprehensive well-being of the people who work there, has put into operation the Social Care Area within the OSSMA. This area offers a service of care, support and monitoring of the personal, work and socio-family problems of the University’s workers. It promotes and applies the personal and social resources available within and outside the University, with the aim of contributing to improving the working conditions and quality of life of the workers and their families.
More info:
Institutional relations
Where to find us
9340 31192C/ Adolf Florensa 8, Barcelona 08028
Opening hours: 8 to 15 h, from Monday to Friday
Tel. 9340 34503
Email: ossma@ub.edu