The public prosecution has brought 650 managers in court to answer for industrial accidents which happened in 2007. This represents an 86% increase compared to the previous year, and is the result of better cooperation between the justice and the Labor Inspectorate. The number of criminal convictions has also significantly increased. However, the decrease in deadly industrial accidents is taking a long time. (Ref. 080575)
More proceedings and convictions. The fight against industrial accidents and the impunity that goes with them is starting to bear fruit. In 2007, lawyers brought 650 charges for offenses related to workers’ safety. This figure – +86% compared to the year before – is the result of coordinated action between the justice and the Labor Inspectorate to stop the “inevitability” of death at work and to put an end to the impunity of those who, on different levels, overrode their duty to ensure risk pre
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