The trend of reducing severe and fatal injuries in the Vitebsk region continues in 2009

June 11, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The dynamics of reducing cases of severe and fatal injuries in the Vitebsk region in 2009 are maintained, the head of the Vitebsk regional department of the State Labor Inspectorate of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Belarus, Vasily Bulatov, told a BELTA correspondent. A positive trend in this direction emerged in the region in 2004. It was managed to maintain it in 2009 as well. Thus, according to the results of January-May, five workers died at work in the region and 34 were severely injured, which is one and three people less, respectively, compared to the same period in 2008. Incidents were recorded at enterprises in the energy and construction industries, the agro-industrial complex, forestry, and light industry enterprises. The main causes of emergencies are both the failure of officials to comply with labor protection requirements, and the failure of employees of enterprises and organizations to comply with the relevant requirements, violation of labor discipline, including being at the workplace while intoxicated. For violations of labor protection rules, 357 officials and 240 employers were brought to administrative responsibility for five months, who were fined Br75 million and Br122 million, respectively. They were issued a total of over a thousand orders to eliminate about 13 thousand various violations. -0-