More than half of accidents occur with protective equipment, said Daniel Militaru, technical director of Eolica TS.

“It should just be an accessory. Risk assessment should be done by every person exposed to risk,” he said.

According to him, in extremely dangerous situations, people were not harmed, and in too simple situations, people were injured, sometimes fatally.

“Let me give you an example: Geta Dor Popescu. At the age of 14, she was a world champion with 6 different titles in mountaineering. At the age of 15, he died in an avalanche in the Retezat Mountains. Retezat was a “water gun”. A route that anyone can take, for the champion it was a “water gun”. He died,” he said during a Romanian health and safety forum.

He also gave the opposite example.

“My friend descended from the Devil’s Machine in winter, with 1.5 meters of snow, a slope of 75-80 degrees, and reached the ground. Arrived intact. Does it matter? There was a 5 in 5 chance of an avalanche there. The Devil’s Lathe is now also off limits in the summer,” Militaru stated.

According to him, this is related to the mental state, the way we approach the situation.

When you are arrogant and ignorant, you start loops

“I realized that when I go over confidence, I mean cockiness, I mean I’m ignorant, I start cycles. When I was overconfident, the wrong thing happened,” he said.

He believes that the right mental attitude of a person to do the job is the best equipment.

“That doesn’t mean they don’t take protective gear. Don’t give up the gloves because he’s in the right mood. This is what makes the attitude wrong. What you say you don’t need gloves, you defied at that point,” he said.

He also stated that: “Geta Dor Popescu ventured there, in the snow, because her father believed that Retezat was not a great danger. After reaching 7000 meters, 6 world titles. This is called disobedience:

In the room, the head of the company told how a new employee got used to working until the lunch break. Went for a lunch break, came back, rested. After returning to work, an incident occurred.

Militaru replied: “He has gained confidence and has already changed that attitude. He defied danger. His mental state has changed. You do one thing and you know full well that because of that repetition can lead to incidents. You repeat it so many times that you reach a mental state that says: I have nothing to suffer from.’

How many people were injured at work in 2022

According to the Ministry of Labor, in 2022, 4,513 injured persons were registered, of which 99 were fatal.

The sectors of the national economy in which the most accidents at work occurred in 2022 are:

• Retail trade, except motor vehicles and motorcycles – 443 victims

• Construction – 257 victims

• Ground transport and pipeline transport – 232 victims

• Activities related to people’s health – 192 victims

• Production of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers – 185 victims

• Wholesale trade, except trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles – 159 victims

A large number of industrial injuries were registered during the specified period in the following countries:

• Bucharest – 1,074 wounded

• Brasov – 229 wounded

• Timis – 226 wounded

• Konstanz – 193 wounded

• Argesh – 180 wounded

• Maramures – 157 wounded

• Cluj – 145 wounded

• Arad – 136 wounded