LAB has recalled that according to last year’s accident report, 33% of deaths resulting from industrial accidents are classified as non-traumatic, a figure that rises to 75% in the case of transporters.
LAB reported on Monday in Irun (Gipuzkoa) the death of a 56-year-old transporter from Lesaka, an employee of Transportes Etxetrans 2000, due to a heart attack, bringing the number of deaths in the sector this year to eleven. Euskal Herria, and surpasses the registration in 2023, which was ten.
The Abertzale trade union recalls that according to last year’s accident report, 33% of deaths resulting from industrial accidents are classified as non-traumatic, a figure that rises to 75% in the case of transporters.
“This indicates the direct impact of the working conditions of transporters on cardiovascular diseases, due to the increasing uncertainty in the sector,” says LAB, which calls for participation in the mobilizations for the death of the Navarrese truck driver.
He emphasizes the need to “end insecurity” and “the impunity of employers”. “Institutions cannot continue to look the other way, otherwise they will be complicit in what happened,” LAB added.
LAB has highlighted that working conditions in the transport sector are “very precarious: the long working hours, the stress, the pressure, the low price paid for transport, the difficulties in eating healthy due to the working conditions, the impact of age” .
For this reason, she believes that “the majority of work-related accidents that occur in the transport sector are completely avoidable”, and that “all that is needed is the political will to take measures that guarantee and respect the labor rights of workers ”. carriers.” , as well as the involvement of all public institutions and companies”.
Source: EITB
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