Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana : ARL SURA continues actively engaged in reducing accidents caused by falls from a height

The main benefits offered by our High-Risk Task / Working at a Height micro-site include:

Allowing companies to carry out their own initial diagnosis and conduct follow-ups on their overall compliance with regard to their own protection and prevention programs against falls from a height compared to their current status. Providing diagnostic and inspection tools such as task inventory lists, initial equipment inspections and maintenance records.

This also includes a flow chart that guides users throughout the whole process of drawing up their own programs for preventing and protecting against falls from a height.

Hands-on information is also provided to companies through several sections containing prevention and protection measures, thereby facilitating their application in compliance with Colombian legislation.

Reference guides can also be downloaded, which in addition to providing technical information on access systems among others, contain general procedures for safely carrying out high-risk tasks, adopting safe practices, using personal protection equipment and the fall protection systems to be used in each case.

About ARL SURA

With over 20 years of experience in the field of occupational health and safety, ARL SURA has maintained its leadership as the No. 1 Workers Compensation Firm in the Colombian private sector. This company, a subs​idiary of Suramericana, provides a comprehensive handling of occupational risk thereby providing employers with peace of mind in guaranteeing a safe workplace, ensuring the well-being of workers and their families and helping companies and the country at large to become more sustainable.

About Suram​​e​ricana

With more than 70 years of experience, Suramericana S.A. is a specialized insurance and risk/trend management company. It is a subsidiary of Grupo SURA, which holds an 81.1% stake, and also enjoys the backing of its other shareholder, the German reinsurer Munich Re, which holds the remaining stake of 18.9%. The Company offers the entire SURA brand of comprehensive solutions in the field of insurance as well as trend and risk management. Suramericana currently operates in a total of 9 Latin American countries (Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Panama, the Dominican Republic and El Salvador) serving a total of 17 million clients.