Workplace accidents remain high

03:03, 25/03/2016

(ĐN)- Last year, 2,230 workplace accidents were reported in Dong Nai, killing 31 people and causing losses estimated at more than VND24.5 billion.

(ĐN)- Last year, 2,230 workplace accidents were reported in Dong Nai, killing 31 people and causing losses estimated at more than VND24.5 billion.

The figures saw a year-on-year increase of 40 percent in deaths and 43 percent in injured people, according to the functional agencies.

One of the causes is that employers have not attached proper importance to informing employees sufficiently about labour safety issues as also equipping them accordingly.

Notably, 27 percent of accidents are the result of the workers' neglect of regulated safe working methods.

Reported by Đ.V