Verdict of the 2025 Extremadura Occupational Safety Awards: seven winners

The General Directorate of Labor of the Regional Government of Extremadura has made public the Jury’s ruling for the awards for the promotion of occupational health and safety for the 2025 edition, which recognizes seven companies and professionals. The resolution, signed on September 21, 2026, by the Director General Pilar Bueno Espada, is published in the Official Gazette of Extremadura (DOE) no. 190, dated October 1, 2026, with the official reference 2026062442.

The awards were announced through the Order of May 7, 2026 (DOE no. 97, dated May 22, 2026), which established the regulatory bases, the candidates, the award categories, the granting procedure and requirements, as well as the competent bodies for its execution, development, and interpretation. The Jury was constituted on September 10, 2026, and evaluated the received candidacies on September 16, the date of the minutes in which the results for each category are listed.

In accordance with the third base of the call, the jury evaluates freely and makes its decisions by majority, may declare any awards it deems appropriate as vacant, and its ruling is final and made public in the DOE. The resolution grants the individuals and entities listed in the annex an accrediting diploma, plaque, commemorative figure, or cultural element.

The winners in the six categories

• Good practices in occupational risk prevention applied in Extremadura: the alliance for prevention between Suministros Industriales Material Eléctrico SA (SIMEL SA) and Fraternidad-Muprespa.
• Outstanding professional career in occupational health and safety: José Rey Muñoz.
• Best academic record in vocational training in occupational risk prevention in Extremadura: María de Fátima Higuero Gil.
• Best master’s thesis from the university master’s degree in occupational risk prevention at the University of Extremadura: Jormellys Oscarina Torres Martínez.
• Greatest contribution to occupational risk prevention by prevention delegates in companies in Extremadura: Donato Vittorio Taranenko.
• Innovation in occupational risk prevention in companies in Extremadura: Vitaly Health Services, SL.

Extraordinary Award of the General Directorate of Labor

Under the provisions of the first base, section 2, of the regulatory bases of the call, the General Directorate of Labor proposed to the Jury to award Juan Manuel Fortuna Escobar with the Extraordinary Award of the General Directorate of Labor.

The resolution is issued by virtue of the first final provision of the call for applications, which empowers the head of the General Directorate of Labor to issue as many acts and resolutions as may be necessary for the execution of the order, as well as for its interpretation and development in all matters not provided for by the regulatory bases.

An unappealable ruling published in the DOE

The text recalls that the Jury’s ruling is unappealable and that its publication in the Official Gazette of Extremadura constitutes the formal notification channel provided for in the bases themselves. The resolution publicizes the ruling in its 2025 edition and orders the granting of the awards to the winners listed in the annex.

The document is framed within the Regional Ministry of Economy, Employment and Digital Transformation and is based on the administrative files and the documentation provided by the candidacies submitted for each category.

The publication of the ruling closes the annual cycle of awards that recognize preventive work within the Extremaduran business fabric, from large business alliances to prevention delegates, teachers, and occupational risk prevention students. For companies and health and safety committees, the ruling also serves as a reference for good practices applied in the autonomous community.

Source: Official Gazette of Extremadura (DOE), no. 190, of October 1, 2026, section I (official reference: 2026062442).