Fourteen people were dismissed in the Vitebsk region in January-July for violating Directive No. 1

August 27, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Fourteen people were dismissed in the Vitebsk region in January-July this year for violating Directive No. 1, Elena Kozlova, head of the department for supervision of the enforcement of legislation and legality of legal acts of the Vitebsk region prosecutor's office, told a BELTA correspondent. In order to implement the provisions of the Directive, the region's prosecutor's offices constantly carry out supervision of the state of legality in the field of labor protection and labor relations. Thus, over 7 months of this year, prosecutors conducted over 190 inspections on issues of labor legislation enforcement, combating alcoholism and preventing offenses, as a result of which more than 900 prosecutor's supervision acts were prepared, about 600 people were brought to various types of responsibility, including 14 dismissed from their positions. "Overall, the set of measures taken by all interested departments of the region has contributed to the improvement of the situation with industrial injuries: the number of deaths at enterprises in January-July decreased from 19 in the same period last year to 10 people, and severely injured - from 56 to 44, respectively. The number of fires also decreased from 348 to 289, and the number of people who died in them, from 133 to 86. The number of road traffic accidents decreased from 339 to 275," stated Elena Kozlova, emphasizing at the same time that the problem of employers enforcing legislation aimed at protecting the health and lives of workers while performing their duties remains acute and requires constant attention. In particular, inspections conducted by the prosecutor's offices show that labor protection services are not properly staffed at all enterprises in the region, and the established services, like employers, often do not fully perform their functions. This is evidenced by numerous violations of labor protection rules, which create conditions for industrial injuries and harm to people's lives and health. For example, in most agricultural organizations, facts of employees being in a state of alcoholic intoxication are systematically established, including driving departmental vehicles while intoxicated. Some organizations of the region's agro-industrial complex do not comply with the requirements of the legislation on the procedure for conducting pre-trip medical examinations of drivers. Such violations were identified in KUSKhP "Kashchinskoye", GP "Lukoml", KUSKhP "Soboli", OJSC "Prozemle-Agro", KUSKhP "Krasnolukskoye", KUSKhP "Chashnikskoye", OJSC "Braslavsky Rayagroquois" and a number of other enterprises. Prosecutors are concerned about the state of fire protection of social facilities, agricultural organizations, and issues of ensuring road safety. Thus, the current situation in the field of ensuring public safety requires increased attention from all interested departments to the problem of preventing industrial injuries and deaths as a result of various incidents, concluded Elena Kozlova. -0-