Minister for employment Ylva Johansson (S) has been summoned to parliament during the Tuesday questioned by the members with the reason of the rise in the death rate. In January killed ten people in their profession in Sweden.
” this is extremely serious. It is bad enough that we for many years have had about one person a week who does not come home alive from work, that in itself is incredibly serious. Now, there are signs that it actually increases and this is totally unacceptable, ” says Ylva Johansson to DN.
she will also meet representatives of trade associations, trade unions, and several authorities concerned that the Swedish transport administration, the Swedish work environment authority and the Swedish transport agency.
Ylva Johansson says that there is currently no concrete plan to reduce the number of deaths.
” We must do whatever is necessary to reverse the trend. Exactly what it is that I must discuss with expertmyndigheterna, but also with those who work out in the establishments where the accidents occur, both employers and union representatives, says the government.
in case of accidents in the workplace or when they were in the service. Håkan Olsson is deputy director general of the Swedish work environment authority, which is responsible for ensuring that the laws on the work environment and working hours are adhered to by companies and organizations.
Under the legislation, it is employers who have the responsibility to do everything in their power to prevent ill health and accidents, and the worker also has the responsibility to follow the rules and procedures that the employer take up, ” he says.
We can’t accept that people die in Swedish workplaces, it is completely unreasonable that we would say that it is ok that someone dies.
the Monitoring of workplaces is carried out by the regulatory authority inspectors. Most fatal accidents occurs in the construction industry, the transport sector, and agriculture and forestry.
“We know that there are workplaces where the risks are greatest and that some workplaces might in some ways to compete by bad working environment, we must give priority to inspect where the risks are greatest,” he says.
it is possible to reduce the number of deaths even within the traditionally more vulnerable industries.
– It is possible to work safely in many of these environments. When you read about the many accidents that had fatal so it can be difficult to imagine how one would avoid them, but it might have been other ways of working that had solved the problem. And a part of fatal accidents are completely unnecessary. It might be that they jumped ten times over a railing from a balcony to a lift, but the eleventh time is it slippery and then slip, ” he says.
Håkan Olsson at the Swedish work environment authority and the minister for employment Ylva Johansson is agreed on the need for local action in the workplace to reduce the number of deaths.
” It’s about getting to a dialogue in the workplace around the behaviors and attitudes and ask themselves what they have of culture. Is it ok to dare to refuse the risk with us? Or is it quiet and just do what you’re told? Dare to say no if something does not feel ok?
” a Lot is about behavior, that you really should comply with the acquis and the use of protective devices, and to dare to say no to it, which is risky. There it is about each individual’s responsibility for their own actions, at the same time it is important to say that it is the employer who has the ultimate responsibility for a safe workplace.
”zero vision” concerning fatal accidents, with the stated goal that no people shall die in the performance of their duties in Sweden.
– It is difficult to answer, but to have a different vision than that no one should have to die on the job is completely out of the question. It is completely unacceptable that people are dying of their work, ” says minister for employment Ylva Johansson.
” It must be possible. We can not accept that people die in Swedish workplaces, it is completely unreasonable that we would say that it is ok that someone dies. We must all the time be it for the eyes to be able to go to work and feel safe, ” says the authority’s deputy director Håkan Olsson.
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