On the occasion of the 28th of April - the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, on the 26th of April the Trade Union Council of employees of AMMC organized a training seminar and event under the motto “Together we will create a positive culture of safety at work”.

Khamidulla Premkulov, head of the legal department of the Federation of Trade Unions of Uzbekistan, and Nodira Gaibnazarova, rector of the Academy of Labor and Social Relations of the Federation of Trade Unions of Uzbekistan and head of the labor protection department, visited the specialized repair works department and the central repair and mechanical plant, where they studied the work carried out by the trade union committees and administration of these enterprises.

In particular, the guests got acquainted with the demonstration materials, activities of the trade union committee, health and safety officers, workplaces, facilities, social conditions for workers (canteens, medical centers, spiritual and educational rooms, halls for events).

The guests then participated in a spiritual and educational event held in the auditorium of the Central Repair and Mechanical Plant. Abdurashid Khaidarov, chairman of the Trade Union Council of the employees of Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex JSC, also took part in this event.

At the beginning of the event the director of the Palace of Culture “Metallurg” Sakhobiddin Yunusaliev and teacher of the Almalyk Children’s Music School No. 8 Sevara Mahkamova performed the anthem of the trade union of the plant workers - “Labor Protection”.

Then 30 most active and proactive labor protection commissioners and members of the commission on labor protection, who made a worthy contribution to the work in the field of labor protection, were awarded with commemorative gifts.

The audience was also shown a video illustrating the importance of compliance with safety rules in the workplace.

Next, a training seminar was held by specialists from Tashkent - Khamidulla Premkulov and Nodira Gaibnazarova.

According to the International Labor Organization, about 340 million workplace accidents and 160 million victims of occupational diseases are reported worldwide each year; about 2.7 million men and women die each year as a result of workplace accidents or work-related diseases-an average of 6,500 people each day.  For the reason that one-third of workers are unable to work for more than four days as a result of injury great damage is caused to the economy.

Each year half of workplace accidents occur in agriculture, an industry that employs nearly half of the world’s workforce.

Performances by amateur art groups of the “Metallurg” Palace of Culture gave a special mood to the audience. The audience also liked the demonstration (defile) of special uniforms of the plant’s employees.