[The organisation of prevention in the seaport of Ravenna]

The port work presents specific risk factors in relation to the types of production which take place in it, and to the specific organisation it is managed by. The port of Ravenna is a big commercial one and it has a canal-port structure.Objectives. This work is intended to illustrate the interventions of prevention led by AUSL Romagna within the port.Methods. The methodology of research and presentation of the interventions is inspired to the criteria of prevention based on evidence.Results. Among all the activities conducted, those that associate actions of control with actions of promotion of change are presented: the procedure of planning the interventions for the enhancement of safety in the port of Ravenna; the assessment of the risk linked to the movements of the ships, because of the undulation during the operations of loading and unloading; the innovative ways of surveillance; the interventions of promotion and control on of the assessment and management of silica risk; the surveillance in the cargo holds, as places with scarce ventilation and danger of contamination; the specific plan for safety.Conclusions. As it correlates actions of control and frequent moments of discussion with the spokesmen of the factories, and the shared definition and diffusion of the tools for the assessment of risk, the model of prevention presented in this review proves to be one of the most apt to guarantee the endurance of the measures of prevention and protection adopted, aiming at the health and safety of the workers in the port.