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Löfven must take the fight against death on the job

"Löfven must take the fight against death on the job" "workplace accidents, more and more" "Aftonbladet's leader board is the independent social democr

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Löfven must take the fight against death on the job
"Löfven must take the fight against death on the job"

"workplace accidents, more and more"

"Aftonbladet's leader board is the independent social democrat."

" I am just as angry and bitter today as I was then. It was an accident that didn't need to happen.nSå says Helena Ekenstein to the newspaper Work. In February last year, would her husband, anläggningsarbetaren Thomas Ekenstein, lay pipes in a five-meter deep schaktgrop on behalf of a district heating companies in Hedemora. The work environment was hazardous and suddenly plunged the shaft into the heavy soil, Thomas Ekensteins life."

"Last year there were 57 fatal accidents at Swedish workplaces. A person a week dies on his job, and the figure has risen in recent years. In addition, of those who die on the job, just over a tenth from a different country and have a foreign employer. There are probably several explanations. But it is difficult not to suspect that they are particularly dangerous and vulnerable jobs go to foreign companies with foreign employees."

"In an international comparison, it is still Swedish workplaces are safe, and in a longer perspective, the workplace environment has also become better. It is, however, no fateful development, nothing has happened by itself. Dedicated employer, strong local trade unions and a public authority the Swedish work environment authority – with the powers and resources has been crucial to the Swedish workplaces have become more secure. In addition, we have elected health and safety representative in the tens of thousands who have been able to speak up in time. A functioning cooperation between the different parties – such as the excellent Swedish labour market model with collective agreements – has been the very premise."

"The model is challenged in the day with time pressures, unsafe working environment, lack of procedures and an unsafe working environment as a result.nDessutom it is so that the limitation period for arbetsmiljöbrott normally only two years. When someone is seriously injured or killed, the period is extended to five years. The time may not be sufficient for prosecutors and police to be able to make good enough investigations. For example, it is so that no fatal accident from 2017 yet been tested in court."

"To the accountability of the employer can't do a fatality undone, but it can force the other to take the work environment seriously."

"the Prosecutor and the police must get the chance to make thorough investigations, also when it comes to arbetsmiljöbrott. The government is now likely to take up must take the initiative to extend the limitation period and make the responsibilities between different employers clearer. Furthermore, the Swedish work environment authority more resources to do more inspections in the workplace."

"Everyone should come home from work. People should not die in Swedish workplaces"

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