anaell Aug 29, 2013:

they are the minutes of safety (prevención) meeting held prior to starting major projects, and are furthermore obligatory by law, as is their diffusion to workers, R.D.31/1995 (think I got the year right, but I'm on holiday so not 100% sure of my memory)...I dont suggest you read the whole R.D., but believe me, they are just a fancy name for coordination meetings....
Where I work, the Comisión de Prevención (Safety Committee) is a specific committee depending on the project, they hold a coordination meeting and the results are then distributed via their main Safety Committee, these meetings are usually for coordinating one or more different companies or discipline groups that must work in the same area so that they dont interfere (safety wise) with each others tasks...i.e. you cant have one group welding two feet above another group painting....so these meetings are to coordinate timetables and activities so that all safety measures can be duly taken.....

Henry Hinds Aug 29, 2013:

Research I would suggest you do some research of your own to try to determine the exact nature of these "actas". Your colleagues are probably going to be unwilling do that for you, so all you will get are guesses.