A two-day international seminar on occupational safety has kicked off in Minsk. The seminar was titled “Modern Methods and Techniques for Construction and Installation Work, as well as Public Oversight of Occupational Safety Compliance in Belarus’ Construction Industry Organizations”, BelTA learned from the Ministry of Architecture and Construction.
More than 100 delegates from five countries are taking part in the seminar: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia. The event is timed to coincide with World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
The Belarusian Trade Union of Construction and Industrial Building Materials Workers noted that the seminar began at the Occupational Safety Center of the Minskstroy State Production Association. Participants were introduced to modern methods of workplace safety training. After the theoretical part, the program shifted to a practical dimension: attendees went to construction sites in the capital, visited the National History Museum site, and thoroughly examined the progress of the new infectious diseases hospital under construction on Dolginovsky Tract.
