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Workplace safety in Spain: employer guide
Find the safety regulator, employer duties and training topics for Spain, with government and legal sources.
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Short answer
In Spain, use the Inspección de Trabajo y Seguridad Social (ITSS) and Ley 31/1995 de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales to plan workplace safety and instruction.
Who oversees safety at work?
Start with the tasks and hazards at your site. This page points to the regulator and legal framework; check their current guidance before making a workplace decision. The relevant public body is Inspección de Trabajo y Seguridad Social (ITSS). Also see Spanish inspection overview.
What should an employer do first?
Employers integrate prevention into the business, assess risks and provide information and training to workers. Ley 31/1995 de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales For each task, write down the hazard, the control and the instruction workers need. Start with the workplace risk assessment and prevention plan, then select instruction for the actual task.
Check that the instruction matches the work and its risks; a course title cannot describe every site's controls. Ley 31/1995 de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales
Five training topics to check
Choose from these topics using the job's risks; this is not a universal course list. Ley 31/1995 de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales
1. Risk-prevention induction — explain local hazards and the reporting route. 2. Manual handling — demonstrate the safe method for this task. 3. Falls — show the fall-prevention method for this task. 4. Machinery — check equipment, exclusion zones and supervision. 5. Emergency response — agree what to do and whom to contact.
Who checks workplace safety?
Start with the regulator's site for inspection information.
How should we choose instruction?
Match the topic to the task and the risk assessment under the linked rules.
Does a course replace site controls?
No. Apply the employer's prevention duties at the workplace. Read the source.
Where can workers read the rules?
Open the Ley 31/1995 de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales and Inspección de Trabajo y Seguridad Social (ITSS); ask how they apply to the job.
Useful official links
Official sources
- Inspección de Trabajo y Seguridad Social (ITSS)mites.gob.es · Checked 2026-10-13
- Ley 31/1995 de Prevención de Riesgos Laboralesboe.es · Checked 2026-10-13
- Spanish inspection overviewmites.gob.es · Checked 2026-10-13