Ombudsman – 59 people die, 199 – injured in work-related accidents in 2018

59 people died and 199 were injured in work-related accidents last year, - the Public Defender’s Report 2018 says.

According to the Ombudsman’s report, due to its substantial shortcomings the Law of Georgia on Labor Safety failed to improve the security and healthcare situation in the work places.

The report of the Public Defender also says that investigations have been opened into 224 accidents occurred in 2018, which significantly exceeds the number of investigations launched in 2017 (128 facts). The investigation was suspended into 67 cases. Criminal proceedings began in 19 cases.

“City and district courts of Georgia discussed 35 cases related to work-related accidents during 2018, but there were just two cases, when the court ruled deprivation of liberty, guilty verdict was brought into 7 cases , a plea bargain was signed into 69% (22 cases) of cases,” the Ombudsman’s report reads.