Between January and June 2024, 12 people died at work or while commuting. The workers’ commissions have warned that Navarre “continues to be the worst territory in Spain in work accidentswith data that worsens the bad figures of previous years.”
“Data on work accidents in Ministry of Labor and Social Economy corresponding to the first half of 2024, once again leaves Navarre in a compromised situation in terms of occupational safety,” CCOO said in a note.
Specifically, Twelve workers lost their lives In work accidents in the regional community in the first six months of the year, “an unaffordable figure,” according to CCOO. “In addition, Navarre is the worst territory in Spain the incidence rate of work accidents with work stoppage per hundred thousand workers, exceeding the national average by more than one hundred points,” he added.
The union said that “in absolute numbersSince the pandemic, Navarre has been exceeding the number of work accidents year after year with withdrawal”. “Between January and June 2024, 6,360 were counted, 95 more than the same period last year and 344 more than in 2022,” he said.
Compared to other territories of SpainNavarre is the Community “with the worst accident data”, according to CCOO. “If in the first half of 2023, Navarre was the worst territory in the State in terms of incidence rate (319.6), this semester, the Regional Community worsens its data even more.
It thus positions itself as worst community in the period January-June for the second consecutive year, with an index of 320.7 points. In Spain, for its part, its incidence rate is slightly corrected. Of the 223.8 accidents per hundred thousand workers that occurred in January-June 2023, the figure indicated this year is 217.2; 6.6 points less,” he said.
The union stressed that “the data demonstrate a continuous and extremely dangerous increase in work accidents in Navarre for workers.” “Since the recovery from the health crisis, they are already four consecutive years of increasing number of accidents. Coupled with this bad data, the number of deaths has doubled compared to the first half of last year. Eleven people died at work (eight employees and three self-employed), and another person died in the get to your workplace in the period January-June 2024,” he stressed.
In the four production groups from Navarre “far” exceeds state averages. “In this sense, the number of accidents in the construction sector is particularly worrying, as it reaches peaks that exceed 635 accidents per hundred thousand workers,” the union said.
Compared to the same period of the previous year, the situation in Navarre is deteriorating agricultural sector and in construction. “Although very timidly, the number of accidents in industry and the service sector is falling,” he added.
In the comparison of the evolution by territory, Navarre also exceeds the average data of the State. “If in Spain as a whole the total number of accidents between January and June increased by 0.20% compared to the same period of the previous year, In Navarre, accidents increased by more than 1.52 points. In this sense, only four communities have experienced a worsening of their accident figures compared to 2023 compared to Navarre,” the union said.
In the opinion of CCOO, these data reflect “the problem that Navarre has been experiencing for years and which is already the socio-economic indicator the most negative in the territory“.
Thus, the union considered that “act urgently which reverse this trend and place the health of workers at the centre of the productivity of the regional community.”
In this sense, CCOO proposes “responsibility and strict compliance by companies with the law on the prevention of occupational risks” and demands that the Government of Navarre urge the Central Executive to “increase the number of labor inspectors“. In addition, it calls for “more and better training and information for delegates, as well as for all staff on the risks at work and the possibilities of preventing them”, and to establish protocols in companies on the prevention measures implemented in accordance with the hand of the union party.
CCOO also requests a “real and effective involvement of prevention services in companies“, “consolidate in the Navarre budget the necessary elements to improve prevention and, therefore, the health of workers”, and “develop a shock plan that corrects the negative trend in construction accident data.”
Similarly, the union proposes to “carry out a serious inspection of companies in which work accidents among their employees are recurrent”, “to include in the next employment plan shock measures to put an end to this scourge”, and “provide more education on the role of the prevention delegate and improve the training of union representatives in the workplace”.
Finally, CCOO recommends “immediately preventing companies that do not comply with the law on the prevention of occupational risks from receive public aid from the Government of Navarre“.
The union said that “the physical and mental health of workers is a non-negotiable element for the dignity of workers.” For this reason, it called on all organizations involved in the field of labor to “collaborate together to reverse a more than worrying trend.”
According to CCOO, the Government of Navarre “must put all the mechanisms at its disposal to reduce the number of accidents at work.” “These figures are inappropriate for a supposedly developed territory,” he stressed.
Finally, the union called group of workers “be vigilant” and indicated that “on many occasions, minor and almost routine accidents can lead to
