Occupational trauma in the workplace

What is production is known to many. In different branches of the national economy, millions of people work. And how dangerous for health or even for life there can be such a job, it is not worth talking about. Take at least the coal industry. By the level of danger, it ranks first. Also in the list of hazardous industries for health includes construction, the agro-industrial complex and even the socio-cultural sphere.

A production injury can happen to every working person. It can occur through the fault of the victim himself, due to deterioration of the equipment or due to incorrect organization of labor in the workplace. But minor injuries are often simply hushed up or formalized as everyday. After all, no manager of the enterprise will not want to create problems for himself because of a usual cut or bruise. He will simply pay the employee a temporary loss of working capacity and thus solve this problem amicably. This, of course, has its share of truth. After all, neither the victim nor the management of the enterprise reluctant to fill a pile of papers due to some trifles and accept commissions from supervisory bodies, which, incidentally, will find many more flaws in terms of labor safety. But if there has been a serious industrial injury, the victim can claim the compensation that is due to him, which is provided by law.

In many countries there is a special social fund that deals with insurance against accidents of this kind, as well as against occupational diseases. The funds of this Fund are intended just for paying to the victims. And if a work injury is received at work, the company must compensate all costs associated with this incident. And then it can already demand compensation from the Fund, which was spent on these payments.

And although formally employers do not lose much on such insurance payments, they still try to hide them. And the reason lies in the fact that for each such insurance event the Foundation creates its own commission. And its members conduct an audit at the enterprise in order to establish the cause of the injury and find the culprit of the incident. If the commission finds out that the safety equipment is not fully observed in this production, then the enterprise not only will not receive money from the Fund, but also will answer for violations. And, depending on how serious this industrial trauma is, responsibility can be not only administrative, but criminal. There are also cases of "piece" injuries, when the "victim" wants to fraudulently obtain insurance. And the task of the Fund's inspectors is to expose such a "victim".

But there are also cases when the employer does not conclude an employment agreement with the wage worker. This is mostly practiced among private entrepreneurs. In this case, neither the employee nor the enterprise makes deductions to the insurance fund. And if there is an industrial trauma, the duties and rights of such workers will not be confirmed by anything. And in this case they will be able to receive compensation only through the court. And this process is long - and not always it gives a positive result.

Also, some entrepreneurs pay their employees part of the salary in "envelopes", and according to the official statements, only the minimum wage is paid. This they also try to save on taxes and other payments. But such savings can "come out sideways" if there is an industrial trauma. Then for the period of disability, the victim will receive small payments. After all, their amount depends on the average official salary. And if irreparable happens, the family of the victim can not hope for decent compensation in connection with the death of the breadwinner. So it's better not to save a penny on insurance payments. Otherwise it will be too late to "bite your elbows".