[Health education in occupational safety]

This article develops a theoretical model on Health Education on an interesting subject in the workplace: the labor accidents. It is critical considering the Health Education as a strategy based only on information and directed to the individual, and proposes a new conception of Health Education as an interdisciplinary task of environmental design very closely related with Health Promotion and work organization. This model is very useful to guide the actions of Health Education and shows a practical case: the intoxication with CO some firemen of the Madrid Council.