A meeting of the interagency working group on labour protection and safety at industrial and trade enterprises was held at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan. The meeting was chaired by Deputy Minister Almaz Khusainov. The working group included representatives of the Tatarstan Ministry of Labour, the Tatarstan Ministry of Health, the State Labour Inspectorate of Tatarstan, trade unions and other concerned organisations of the republic.
At the meeting, the results of occupational injuries for 10 months of the current year were announced. The main causes of injuries at work are neglect of the safety of the workers themselves, failure to properly monitor compliance by workers with labour safety instructions, poor organisation of work, operation of faulty machinery and equipment, violation of the production processes, violation of traffic rules, and employees not using personal protective equipment.
At the meeting, Deputy Minister Khusainov said: “We need to reconsider approaches in matters of industrial safety, staff motivation, and local production culture. This is a complex issue”.
All participants to the meeting noted the need to strengthen work on monitoring the situation of labour protection, strict observance of safety measures by employees.