In the Vitebsk region, cheap wine will disappear from sale during the harvest period

July 26, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Cheap wine will disappear from sale in the Vitebsk region during the harvest period. This instruction was given today at a meeting of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee by its chairman, Alexander Kosinets, when considering the issue of compliance with the requirements of Directive No. 1 "On measures to ensure public safety and discipline" in terms of labor legislation, labor protection and additional measures to ensure life safety in hazardous industries of the national economy, according to a BELTA correspondent. The decision is due to low labor discipline, closely related to alcohol consumption at the workplace, and a proportionally high level of fatalities and severe injuries. The fact that since the beginning of the year, 728 workers (including 2 managers and 31 officials) have been dismissed for being at work in a state of alcoholic intoxication, and six cases of severe industrial injuries, or 14% of their total number, occurred with workers in a state of alcoholic intoxication, also influenced its adoption. For example, a raw material loader at the Senno flax mill received a severe hand injury when she leaned on running equipment while consuming alcohol at the workplace. Egregious confirmation of the lack of control in this matter are the cases of death of an employee of DSU No. 63 of the Tolochin district under the wheels of a loader as a result of an attempt to steal diesel fuel and the death of a tractor driver-machinist of JSC "Danukalovo-Agro" of the Liozno district due to falling into a manure removal conveyor chute in a state of severe alcoholic intoxication. According to Alexander Kosinets, the absence of cheap fruit and berry wines on sale during the harvest period will help to influence the situation. "Let only alcoholic beverages of a more expensive price segment remain on the shelves," the governor said, recalling the region's plans to stop the production of single fruit and berry wines: this year their production should decrease by 15%, and in 2013 it should completely cease. -0-