In Romania, I die in work accidents three times more than in most European Union countries.
Most deaths are recorded on construction sites, where 80 percent of workers do not receive or wear protective equipment. At the same time, because of these accidents, the Romanian economy loses every year 11 million euros - a study by a company specializing in work safety shows.
Although they work at a few meters high, these workers who raise a block on the seaside do not have protective equipment. They do not have headphones, reflective vests, and protective reflective tapes - required by law.
The situation is repeated on other sites.
"The helmet is up. A port but not now that it is not the case, "explains a worker.
Data from the European Institute of Statistics show that 4,500 work accidents occurred in Romania two years ago. In many cases, victims did not wear protective equipment.
Most of the work accidents in our country happen in the field of construction. Here, more than half of the workers do not even respect the minimum conditions of work protection. This is how our country is at the top of the list of countries with work-related accidents, some even deadly.
Labor safety experts say that in Romania three times as many people die in the workplace than the average of the states in the European Union. It is sad that - at us - many work accidents are not reported.
Claudia Atari, ambulance physician: "There are situations where the reason for the request is an accident at work. We come to the case, the patient does not tell us whether or not he is a company, and we pass him as an unknown accident. About 50% are so. "
According to a study Neurotoxin - a company specialized in the field of work safety - due to work accidents Romania loses over 11 million euros each year.
Nicola Burbs-Mi, professor of economics: "There could be some faults in the company, replacement of equipment, equipment repairs - which means additional costs. First loses the employee, then loses the company, actually loses the entire national economy. Because, in fact, an accident at work can mean an interruption of activity means a decrease in gross national product. "
The study did not take into account the costs of treatment of the victims of labor accidents, nor the production delays or penalties for deferred deliveries due to employees who were unable to work.
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