The Labor and Social Security Inspection carried out a total of 3,562 inspections in Lanzarote during 2017, which resulted in the detection of 240 infractions and 1,092 requirements. This has been revealed by the Ministry of Employment, Social Policies and Housing of the Government of the Canary Islands, which held a meeting this Tuesday with representatives of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, unions and businessmen to analyze the data on occupational accidents. In this regard, it has been stated that for the first time since 2002, the labor incidence rate is negative.
The meeting was chaired by the Deputy Minister of Employment and Entrepreneurship, Emilio Atiénzar, the Director General of Labor, José Miguel González and the provincial head of the Institute of Labor and Social Security of Las Palmas, Andrés Fernández Temprano. The President of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Pedro San Ginés, and the Third Vice President of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Luis Arráez, participated on behalf of the Cabildo of Lanzarote.
Representing the Lanzarote Business Confederation was its technician Vicente Stinga, while on behalf of the unions were the Occupational Health advisor of CCOO, Ico Tabares García, as well as the head of occupational health of CCOO Canarias, Carmen Marrero and a representative of the executive committee of UGT.
2,217 workplace accidents, 11 less than in 2016
According to data from the Canary Islands Institute for Occupational Safety, in 2017 a total of 2,217 workplace accidents were recorded in Lanzarote, 11 less than in 2016. Deputy Minister Emilio Atiénzar assured that, for the first time in the historical series of occupational accidents in the Canary Islands, which dates back to 2002, a negative incidence rate has been reached in a context of growth in the employed population.
In addition, it was highlighted that, according to statistics, the majority of accidents are minor, with Agriculture and Fisheries being the sector with the least occupational accidents, followed by Industry, Construction and Services.
"The living conditions of 669 people were improved"
The activity of the Labor and Social Security Inspectorate during 2017 was also announced at the meeting, "through which the living conditions of 669 people were improved", as has been pointed out. As already mentioned above, 3,562 inspections were carried out in Lanzarote, which resulted in the detection of 240 infractions and 1,092 requirements.
For his part, José Miguel González explained that these results are "the result of the actions carried out by the Government of the Canary Islands, together with business and union organizations and the rest of the public administration involved, to promote the culture of prevention and reduce the rates of occupational accidents in companies"
In this sense, he detailed that during 2017 more than a dozen actions were carried out in Lanzarote within the framework of the Action Plan of the Canary Islands Institute for Occupational Safety with different objectives: to promote the improvement of safety and health conditions at work, improve the effectiveness and quality of prevention systems, strengthen the institutions dedicated to the prevention of occupational risks and the coordination of public administrations in occupational risk policies and develop the culture of occupational risk prevention in the Canary Islands.
