IMPROVEMENT OF THE PROCEDURE OF OCCUPATIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT IN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

Abstract

A new approach to assessing the productionsafety tasks based on the hazard ratio, which is defined as the product of the total level risk in a particular production site and the ratio of employees responsible for organizing and ensuring safe working conditions in the unit to the total number of employees in the same unit. This indicator allows taking into account the influence a level of organization in the labor protection management system on the amount of risk. Moreover, the latter is proposed to calculate semi-quantitative method, based on the relationship of six different factors: the probability of an incident, the duration of the impact on the employee, the severity consequences of the accident, staff competence, efficiency. To determine the magnitude of these factors, criteria for identifying hazard components are provided, which clearly establish differences in the activities of any production tasks, as demonstrated by the specific example of Active +, where the expert group previously identified industrial hazards and occupational risks, conducted a comprehensive audit of six units, the dynamics of changes in the probability of estimating factors for risk calculation is determined, weaknesses in the organization of safe work are identified and recommendations for improving the level of safety are developed based on the introduction of appropriate corrective actions. The proposed approach allows you to quickly assess the value of the "hazard factor" and components for risk assessment as the probability of an event, the effectiveness of the management of occupational safety and health and often changing "staff competence" based on the actual state of working conditions in the workplace.