The Mining Safety Table in Catalonia has analyzed, in its last meeting on June 3, the draft of the new Mining Safety Regulation and Complementary Technical Instructions (ITC), a regulation that must regulate the preventive actions of the mining companies of in accordance with the Occupational Risk Prevention Law. Among the points that should provoke further debate was the possibility that the Administration, delegate inspection procedures for the Collaborating Entities of the Administration (ECA).
According to the Generalitat, in some autonomous communities there is a lack of inspection personnel and the basic trend is the liberalization of the sector. In addition, a trend is expected for the Labor Inspectorate to have a greater role in these procedures. In this sense, the representatives of Ciment Català at the Table stated that, in the event that the ECA end up being optional, they can influence the recruitment of their personnel and that their accreditation be made by the Administration.
The participants in the work session also reviewed the current situation of mining safety in Catalonia, examining the latest available accident data. The Mining Safety Table in Catalonia brings together representatives of the Generalitat, sector entities such as Ciment Català or the Gremio de Áridos de Cataluña, trade union representatives and university experts. Its main function is to ensure that there is a constant decrease in the accident rate in the sector, complying with safety and occupational risk prevention regulations.