The Preposto is a responsible person for health and safety




We can define the responsible person for health and safety or supervisor, in italy known as Preposto, as those persons present and identifiable in every field of work, which in their management tasks have to coordinate other workers and they determine the executing modes of their job.
They are very important for the safety and health requirements for work since they are closest workers and are familiar with all activities and all risks associated with them. The managers must be vigilant and check that the employee complies with all relevant laws and company regulations on safety work.
To indentify these figures in the working environment as example we can bring those who carry out activities such as foreman, team leader, area manager, head nurse, shift manager, office manager, and others.


The function of the responsible person on the prevention of occupational accidents should be given with reference to the tasks actually performed in the company more that legal formal qualifications.
The responsible person is a person who, by reason of professional skills and powers within the limits of hierarchical and functional appropriate to the nature of office conferred, supervises the work and ensures that the implementation of the directives received, checking the correct execution by workers and exerting a functional power of initiative.
Particular work situations, such as activities outside the factory from small groups of workers, do not provide a priori identification of hierarchical responsible person, but this task is up to the more experienced in the work and has a greater knowledge of work and therefore risks to which these workers are met, this worker is defined by case law, in practice actually takes in charge all the features of the post of responsible person. In this regard, we cite a ruling of cassation that even without specific and explicit formal appointment, the role of a representative of the employer determines the attribution of responsibility to the responsible person see the Judgement N.20145. Penal Cassation 18/05.2001.