The main objective of inspections carried out in the framework of the campaign was to prevent hazards caused by exposure to adverse environmental conditions resulting from temperature and humidity both inside rooms and during work outdoors. When the summer season begins, the Labour and Social Security Inspectorate intensifies inspections conducted in order to prevent accidents connected with heat stress (high temperatures), among others heat stroke, with special attention to complaints from workers. As a result of the completed inspections, inspectors identified 229 infringements.

The campaign priority area was selected on the basis of: an external database on work-related accidents, the EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027, the Spanish strategy for work safety and health for years 2023-2027 and issues raised in complaints lodged with the Spanish labour inspection. The priority area defined for the campaign were special hazards related to heat stress. For identifying the target group of inspected entities, IT tools were used: antifraud system and Integra-Lince system that manages inspection activities and comprises a database with the results of these activities.

Two inspection periods were carried out in the course of the campaign. The duration of inspection activities conducted in the inspected entity and in the labour inspection’s office has not been determined. All labour inspectors were involved in inspection activities. Specialist materials concerning the examined issue (applied technologies, machines, equipment and tools, the existing hazards and relevant legal provisions) were at the disposal of the inspectors during the inspection activities.

Execution of inspection activities was neither monitored nor coordinated.

The project’s objective was to pay attention to hazards resulting from exposure to adverse environmental conditions caused by high temperature and humidity during work both indoors and outdoors. In response to the worrying increase in temperatures, occurring year after year, and the negative effects of this on workers, the Labour and Social Security Inspectorate has initiated a number of activities scheduled in the so-called Summer Plan approved annually by the Spanish government since 2021. In the framework of this plan, traditional activities conducted by the Labour Inspectorate are intensified in order to prevent accidents resulting from heat stress (high temperatures), among others heat stroke; moreover, extensive actions in the field of health and safety are carried out, consisting of sending letters to companies with the aim of disseminating essential information on the protection of workers from the risk related to such hazards.

Planning and implementation of the project were financed completely from own resources of the Labour and Social Security Inspectorate. The project team preparing the campaign consisted of 3 officials from the inspectorate’s unit for the coordination of the inspection of the labour relations system, who cooperated with 3 officials responsible for the anti-fraud tool and 2 officials from the unit managing the Integra-Lince system. Activities in the framework of  this communication campaign are intensified in summer months and are most relevant in regions where the average temperature exceeds the national average. The above-mentioned sectors of activity, with a higher risk of workers’ exposure to high temperatures, especially in case of work outdoors, were selected as the target group of the project.

The Labour and Social Security Inspectorate carries out extensive actions, consisting in sending letters to companies in different sectors, in which mainly technical information from the National Institute for Safety and Health at Work is presented (with measures to prevent heat stroke), but in addition to explaining possible preventive measures for workers, companies are also warned that failure to comply with the duty of protecting workers’ health entails a very serious breach of the health and safety regulations. In 2024, messages were sent both by traditional post, and by electronic means. Moreover, a press conference was held with the presence of the Minister of Labour and Social Economy and the Director of the Labour and Social Security Inspectorate State Agency, while information with the campaign’s core message was published on the Labour and Social Security Inspectorate's website.