7 billion in 2024, did not report 47 work environment incidents to the Swedish Work Environment Authority last year. According to the Swedish Work Environment Authority, in 23 of the cases, LKAB likely broke the law by not reporting. The specific incidents LKAB did not report and the company's assessment for not reporting them have not been disclosed.
In one example from early May, a man fell through a rusty floor at LKAB's facility in Svappavaara, an incident LKAB did not report until the end of May. This follows a 2018 incident where 21-year-old electrician Julia Markström fell through a rusty grating at LKAB's facility in Svappavaara. 5 kilograms of dynamite and it being 'insanely close' that colleagues ended up under a 15-meter-long rockfall.
How many near-death experiences or serious incidents have occurred at LKAB that were not reported, and what are the details of these events, remains unclear. ' It is alleged there is a culture of silence within LKAB, with employees afraid of reprisals and not wanting to speak out against the region's largest employer. What actions, if any, are being taken by authorities against LKAB for potentially breaking the law by not reporting incidents is not known.
In a separate but parallel issue in Norway, VG has collected and analyzed 5,440 deviation reports from Norwegian maternity wards for 2023 and 2024. Of these, 205 reports fall into the category where healthcare personnel believed errors occurred during childbirth resulting in serious injury or death. In such cases, the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision or the County Governor should be notified so they can investigate and learn from any errors.
According to VG, the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision was not notified about 74 percent of the most serious incidents. Why 74% of the most serious incidents in Norwegian maternity wards were not reported to the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision, and what the consequences are, has not been specified. ' What measures are being implemented to improve reporting cultures at LKAB and in Norwegian healthcare to prevent future non-reporting is currently undisclosed.