L’Alacantí – La Marina UGT said in a statement that it regrets the death of a worker in Finestrat as a result of an occupational accident and expressed its condolences to the relatives of the worker in question. 41-year-old worker died rushing through the hole of a company forklift last Friday It is located on Alicante street in the town of Marina Baja.
In the assessment made by the labor union, since no more details about the incident are known, “everything indicates that the causes of the accident reacted to the absence of basic preventive measuresbecause, as even colleagues of the deceased worker noted, a forklift’s safety devices have to prevent people from accessing the elevator shaft while the elevator is operating”.
In the statement in question, UGT said, “The number of continuous work deaths in our province isThe result of the zero prevention culture that exists in some unscrupulous businessmenavoid investments in risk prevention at all costs, including the safety and health of workers in their services”.
On the other hand, they classified the situation as “unfortunate” after the analysis of the data provided by INVASSAT on the occupational accidents reported to have occurred in the province of Alicante in the last year. A total of 16,225 sick leave accidents, an increase of 10.2% compared to the previous year.
The union also warnsEven more alarmingly increasing are accidents with fatal consequences. if possible, because during the analyzed period -February 2022 to January 2023 – a total of 27 workers died, 15 more than in the previous period, representing a 125% increase”.
They promise to continue to condemn UGT “any companies we know are violating a fundamental right to protect the safety and health of their employees” and demanding “more action and more power before criminals” from competent Public Administrations This puts workers’ lives at risk.
Source: Informacion
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