Seven officials dismissed in Vitebsk region for labor protection violations

April 4, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. In the first quarter, seven officials were dismissed in the Vitebsk region for violations of labor protection legislation, and 100 managers were brought to disciplinary action. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by Sergey Anufriev, First Deputy Head of the Vitebsk Regional Department of the State Labor Inspectorate of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection. 140 officials and individual entrepreneurs, as well as 61 employers, were brought to administrative responsibility. Fines totaling Br40.1 million and Br37.9 million, respectively, were imposed on them. In total, from January to March, state labor inspectors conducted 326 inspections at enterprises and organizations in the region. As a result, nearly 2.8 thousand violations of labor and labor protection legislation were identified, the operation of more than 100 machine tools, machines, and other equipment posing a threat to the life and health of workers was suspended, as well as seven workshops and production sites. Significant attention was also paid in the past quarter to improving the level of knowledge on safety regulations and the requirements of the STB 18001-2009 occupational health and safety management system for employees of enterprises and organizations in the region. For this purpose, over 200 seminars were held, in which more than 6.5 thousand specialists took part. -0-