A 55-year-old worker He died a few hours ago in Bilbao after falling from a height of more than three meters while cleaning the windows of a cafeteria. A true tragedy that has shocked the whole city.
The facts
The unfortunate episode took place at 09:30 hours when the individual GVMwas cleaning the windows of the Café Bar ‘La Parada’ in Bilbao, located in the Plaza Circular. From one moment to the next, the worker He fell to the ground and died instantly..
Apparently, The deceased was self-employed and belonged to a subcontractoras reported by the Langile Abertzaleen Batzordeak union center (LAB) on your ‘X’ account (previously known as Twitter). A “patron” who, he has denounced, “repeats over and over“.
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?? Gaurkoarekin, gutxienez 5?3? dira urte hasieratik Euskal Herrian hildako langileak, horietatik 1?0? altueratik erorita #prekaritateahiltzailea
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— LAB SINDIKATUA (@LABsindikatua) November 11, 2024
To take into account
With this one, they are “at least 53 workers have died in Euskal Herria since the beginning of the year“. Of them, 10 “are due to falls from a height.” After showing their solidarity and support to family, friends and colleagueshas lamented a “new drama.”
“More than once we have claimed that The occupational health regulations for self-employed workers guarantee your protectionand in this case, furthermore, it is so, since the contract must enforce preventive measures so that you can work in your workplaceor,” he pointed out.
More details
As if that were not enough, LAB has attacked “the lack of control of the governments, the negligence of the employers and the lack of guarantees caused by precariousness”, which “create a perfect situation for time and time again fatal accidents like this“.
According to the union centerin the last 10 years, At least 81 workers have lost their lives due to falls from height in the Basque Community and Navarrathe majority in the construction sector. These types of accidents, without a doubt, “They represent more than 12.5% in the construction sector“.
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