One of the reasons for industrial injuries at the mines of the state enterprise "Volynvuhillia" is insufficient supervision by state inspectors of the Volyn State Mining and Technical Inspection over the state of safety measures and the improvement of occupational safety management at coal industry enterprises, reports the press secretary of the regional prosecutor, Nataliia Murakhevych. In particular, the prosecutor's office in the region found that, in violation of the requirements of current legislation, officials of the state enterprise "Volynvuhillia" failed to ensure working conditions in accordance with regulatory acts. At the mines, people who have been diagnosed with an occupational disease and partial loss of professional capacity for work continue to work in harmful conditions, although such work is contraindicated for them. Inspections have shown that the causes of employee injuries are mainly the failure of officials to comply with schedules for the repair of mining workings, their unsatisfactory maintenance, violations of the support installation passports for workings, the use of machines and mechanisms that have exceeded their standard service life, and so on. The mines are not equipped with accident notification equipment (IGAS) or even telephone communication, or fire protection means. Proper attention is not given to providing first aid skills to victims or to providing employees with proper individual first-aid packets. Not all subdivisions of mine sections are equipped with first-aid kits for providing first aid. Based on the results of the inspection, a submission was made to the general director of the state enterprise "Volynvuhillia" regarding the elimination of violations of occupational safety legislation. Reference: Industrial injuries at the mines of the state enterprise "Volynvuhillia" last year, compared with 2002, increased by 37 cases, one of them with a fatal outcome.