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III HEMISPHERIC WORKSHOP ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
AND SAFETY
Panel 2 Expanding and strengthening
occupational risk prevention and control
schemes Experiences of preventing and
controlling risks of occupational accidents and
diseases and information systems
Dr. Juan Horacio González Gaviola Superintendent
of Occupational Risk Cuzco, Peru October 21 and
22, 2008
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National Occupational Health and Safety System

• Argentine Republic Federal organization
• The national government (Ministry of Labor,
  Employment, and Social Security - MTEySS - and
  the Superintendency of Occupational Risk - SRT),
  together with the provincial governments,
  comprise the Comprehensive Labor Inspection and
  Social Security System (SIDITySS). Law 25.877.
• Labor inspection is carried out under the shared
  jurisdiction of the provincial governments and
  the national government.
• Failure to comply with Workplace Health and
  Safety norms generates
• Disciplinary procedures under provincial or
  national jurisdiction.
• Imposition of sanctions uniform system
  established in the Federal Labor Agreement (Law
  25.212 Annex II).
• SRT/province agreements Building inspection
  capacity (50 increase in the size of the health
  and safety inspector team (currently 156).

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Data on Argentina
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total notified OA/PD 287,643 350,191 421,016 486,564 538,402 555,585
Total OA/PD-related deaths 418 445 523 530 605 586
Incidence of OA/PD 51.7 61.0 67.8 69.4 67.9 65.9
Incidence of OA/PD in deaths 93.5 94.3 97.7 883 90.6 80.8
Average length of OA/PD-related sick leave 21.0 20.9 21.8 22.4 25.1 24.5
Annual average workers covered 4,489,803 4,716,556 5,355,265 6,000,749 6,676,918 7,248,484
Annual average employees insured 425,290 451,017 506,493 564,244 631,719 687,516
Agreed premium as a of payroll 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.6 2.6

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National Occupational Health and Safety System

• Regulatory action
• Occupational Health and Safety Law 19.587
• Occupational risks Law 24.557
• Training action
• Workers Union agreements
• Provinces Training of inspectors, and training
  of trainers
• Employers WISE (Work Improvement Small
  Enterprises) / with chambers of commerce Studies
  of specific risks
• General public Seminars
• Inspection action
• Nation
• Provinces agreements
• Occupational risk insurers (ARTs) Member
  reports of non-compliance

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Societal stakeholders and system players

• National government through the Superintendency
  of Occupational Risk (SRT) and the
  Superintendency of Insurance of the Nation (SSN)
• Provincial governments and the Autonomous City of
  Buenos Aires
• Workers, and their representatives and unions
• Employers (privates and public)
• ARTs

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Prevention actions
Public dissemination and awareness campaigns
U300,000/year Training agreements with
unions 2007 16 signed 2400 workers
2008 17 signed 12 under negotiation
8300 workers
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Permanent oversight programs

• Objective
• To oversee the obligations established in Law
  24.557 for employers and insurers within the
  competence and jurisdiction of the SRT
• Employers in Territories of National
  Jurisdiction (TJNs)
• Self-insured employers
• Occupational Risk insurers
• Central activity
• Coordination of inspection tasks, targeted
  programs with provinces.
• Joint inspection operations with provincial
  governments.
• Control Policy in the TJNs targeted at the
  following groups Nuclear energy, Electricity
  generation and transport , Airports, Mining,
  Natural gas transport and distribution, Ports,
  Railways, Long distance passenger car
  transportation, National roads and bridges,
  Public agencies, Oil companies

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Targeted oversight programs
Incidence and business size - Empresas testigo
warned companies (50 or more workers) -
Manufacturing SMEs (11- 49 workers) Severity -
Reduction in fatal accidents Activity -
Construction companies - Agribusiness Other
businesses Basic group businesses
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Targeted oversight programs
Warned companies Employers/accidents ratio

Sample no. Employers Employers Employers Accidents Accidents Accidents Accidents
Sample no. Warned companies Country total Warned companies Number of OA/PD with sick leave Country total of OA/PD with sick leave
8th (2008/09) 4,273 668,289 0.64 185,336 477,901 38.8 38.8
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Information systems

• E-government implementation
• Electronic window (for forwarding requests to the
  ARTs)
• Electronic complaints window (resolution of cases
  and forwarding of documentation by ARTs)
• Management of internal processes Procurement
  Per diems Requests for leave
• Some results
• - Reduction in average complaint resolution time
• Previously 4 months to 3 years
• Now 5 to 7 days
• - Better worker access to their rights
• Better SRT image and greater authority with the
  ARTs
• Debureaucratization of administrative systems
• Cost reduction
• Fewer man-hours on administrative tasks

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Information systems
Role Information is an essential instrument in
the design and application of state policy for
the prevention of occupational risks. In terms
of compensation financial and in-kind
reliable data is a key element of state control
of the systems stakeholders. Channels www.srtpr
ov.gov.ar (for provincial governments) www.arts.go
v.ar (for ARTs and the self-insured)
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Information systems
Example of an information circuit
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Entities connected to the information system

• National government through the Superintendency
  of Occupational Risk (SRT) of the Federal Public
  Revenue Administration (AFIP)
• Provincial governments and the Autonomous City of
  Buenos Aires
• Self-insured employers
• Occupational risk insurers (ARTs)
• General public (only for annual OA/PD statistics
  and other publicly-available data, at
  www.srt.gov.ar)

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MAIN INFORMATION CIRCUITS OF THE OCCUPATIONAL
RISK SYSTEM
Governmental control
Reports
Oversight
OVERSEES
Membership and technical assistance
Employers
Report accidents and professional diseases
BENEFITS Oversight
Working conditions
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Challenges in the area of prevention and
information

• Strengthening of the AFIPs Recording
  Simplification Program (PSR).
• No. of accidents per business
• Coordination of prevention actions among
  companies sharing risks
• Widespread compliance with the PSR by employers
  and the ARTs (location of accident by the
  employers or third party business)
• Incorporation of public employers
• Improvement of data quality through automatic
  controls and case audits
• Perfection of the ARTs control system tablero
  de control.

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Contribution of labor inspection to strengthening
a culture of prevention

• SRT/province cooperation agreements to
• 1. Conduct joint inspections
• 2. Cooperate with financial resources in
  strengthening local labor inspection
• 3. Facilitate technical resources for the
  inspection areas
• 4. Harmonize oversight procedures
• 5. Provide the inspection team with specific
  training
• Make available the SRT information system for
  recording inspection activities
• Provide employer information and statistical
  studies on occupational accident rates
• Monitoring, evaluation, and control of the
  implementation of management systems.

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Final reflections

• Institutional strengthening designed to
• Build the systems capacity for oversight,
  control, and prevention.
• Coordinate planning and inspection with
  provincial authorities, focusing actions on
  companies with high accident rates.
• Fulfill short- and medium-term prevention targets
  in SMEs.
• Form quadripartite committees (SRT, unions,
  employers, and insurers) to improve prevention
  measures and compensatory benefits.

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We consider work the gateway to a better quality
of life And not a way to lose the health or
lives of workers. Thank you very much
www.srt.gov.ar