Zimbabwe: Serious Work-Related Accidents Up

MORE than 40 people were killed in work-related accidents between January and August this year, compared to 60 plus in 2008. Speaking at this year's national conference on Safety and Health at Work (Shaw) in Harare on Wednesday, Labour minister Paurina Mpariwa said she was worried about the increasing number of serious accidents and fatalities that has been recorded so far at work places.

"Our economy is operating at about 35% production capacity utilisation but we have already posted the huge number of serious accidents and fatalities," said Mpariwa. "Many workers continue to die at work due to ignorance of the accident preventative measures while others are victims of other people's negligence."

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