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Requesting the President of the Republic to adopt greater security measures together with protecting the life and integrity of workers at mining operations in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic is the objective of resolution 1169 approved by the Chamber of the Chamber of Deputies with 141 votes in favor and 2 abstentions.The text whose author is the deputy Luis Rocafull PS takes as its basis the notorious increase in contagions among the workers of various mining tasks despite the control of sanitary measures by the Sernageomin which verifies the adoption of these actions by employers given the seriousness of the state of the pandemic that puts their health and the lives of workers at risk.Therefore adds the resolution it is necessary to establish precise legal measures in order to establish greater health and safety obligations in the work of mining operations to guarantee the safety of workers which they must be expressly incorporated into the internal regulations of order hygiene and safety.By way of example the use of elements such as N95 FFP2 or equivalent filter masks which are changed according to their useful life sterile gloves disposable waterproof suits eye protection supplies and disposable soap and towels.The regulations should also include temperature control at the entrance and exit of each shift the effective sanitation of the work areas and the transfer vehicles adjustments in the duration of the shifts the periodic performance of PCR tests or of antibodies in addition to training for the correct use of protection elements among other measures.
