The commerce unions PASYEK-PEO, OEKDY-SEK and PASYDY speak about an “unsafe and harmful atmosphere for the well being and security of staff” within the Histopathology Laboratory of the College of Nicosia of their open letter to OKYpY.
As reported, staff have determined to not enter the Histopathology lab from July 10, 2024 attributable to an unsafe and harmful work atmosphere. Even if it was warned 4 months in the past, OKYPY has not taken any motion, on account of which the employees are “uncovered to a chemical threat”, it’s added.
The Commerce Union Organizations, with their joint letters to the Central Administration of OKYPY in November 2023, repeatedly requested the speedy taking of measures to resolve the issues confronted by the Histopathology Laboratory on the Nicosia Common Hospital.
4 months in the past, it’s famous, the technical providers of OKYPY, in addition to the Division of Labor Inspection, had ready their very own research “the place it was established the direct and oblique threat confronted by the staff of the Laboratory”.
Specifically, the letter states that the air flow of the Laboratory just isn’t enough for the reason that extractors and ventilators don’t work satisfactorily. This outcomes, it’s famous, in staff “being in chemical hazard”, as a result of laboratory processes require using unstable and poisonous substances. As a result of unsatisfactory functioning of the air flow, it’s additional said, gases and fumes are launched into the atmosphere each day with disagreeable direct penalties for the employees comparable to burning of the eyes, dry eyes, coughing, dizziness and a bitter style. It’s identified that the continual and cumulative impact of chemical substances could cause severe well being issues for workers.
Regardless of your commitments, it’s said within the letter to OKYpY, to our remorse, we discover that you haven’t proceeded to take any measure to appropriate the intense security and well being points that arose within the Histopathology Laboratory, on account of which staff are at each day threat after being uncovered to harmful and unsafe atmosphere.
The guilds inform OKYpY that from Wednesday July 10, 2024, staff employed in Histopathology won’t enter to work in laboratories whose indications of the impartial research which were carried out are harmful for his or her security and well being.
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