The number of severe injury cases in the Vitebsk region decreased by 27.6% in the first quarter.

10 April, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. A decrease in cases of severe injuries and fatalities at work has been noted in the Vitebsk region based on the results of the first quarter, reported the First Deputy Head of the Vitebsk Regional Department of the State Labour Inspectorate of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, Sergey Anufriev, to a BELTA correspondent. In January-March, 5 fatal accidents at work and 21 cases of severe injuries were registered in the region, which is 16.6% and 27.6% less, respectively, than the same period last year. Fatal accidents occurred in Vitebsk, Liozno, Postavy (1 each) and Chashniki (2) districts. Cases of severe injuries were registered in Braslav, Verkhnedvinsk, Senno, Tolochin districts, Orsha, Novopolotsk and other districts. Despite the overall positive trend in the region, an increase in fatal injuries is noted in Liozno, Postavy, Chashniki districts, and severe injuries in Braslav, Senno, Tolochin districts, Orsha, and Vitebsk. The main cause of most accidents is the low level of labour and performance discipline of employees, managers, and specialists, noted Sergey Anufriev, emphasizing that, taking this into account, state inspectors of the Vitebsk Regional Department have continued to monitor labour discipline. In January-March, inspections of compliance with labour discipline and the organisation of access control were carried out in 156 organisations, including 109 of non-state ownership. Corresponding violations at these enterprises were committed by 1.3 thousand employees. 1.1 thousand people were brought to disciplinary action for this, of which 126 were reprimanded, 463 were given warnings, and 486 were dismissed.

The Vitebsk regional department has been carrying out targeted work since the beginning of the year to strengthen supervision over economic entities regarding their compliance with the requirements of Directive No. 1 and labor protection legislation in the region's enterprises. Based on the results of inspections for January-March, state labor inspectors identified and recorded 4.2 thousand violations by the inspected economic entities in the inspection reports. Due to operational hazards, the operation of 244 units of machine tools, machinery, and other equipment posing a threat to the life and health of workers was suspended or prohibited during the reporting period, and the operation of three workshops (sections) was suspended. At the request of state labor inspectors, 299 workers were removed from performing their duties, which is 52% more compared to January-March 2011. During the reporting period of 2012, 31 employers and 263 officials were brought to administrative responsibility in the form of fines for violating labor protection legislation. The total number of fines issued during the reporting period of 2012 was 294, which is 46% more than the corresponding level of the previous year. 174 officials were brought to disciplinary responsibility during this period. For 17 established cases of non-compliance with the directives issued in January-March 2012, in accordance with the requirements of Article 23.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus, state labor inspectors drew up protocols on administrative offenses and sent them to the courts. -0-

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