Abstract

In the presented work, an analysis of industrial injuries in recent years was carried out, taking into account the peculiarities of the modern period. The relevance of this work is due to the high level of industrial injuries and occupational diseases in Ukraine compared to the industrialized countries of the European Union. Data are given on the dynamics of the causes of accidents for the period from 2015 to 2022, taking into account changes in the classification of causes. The most injury-prone sectors of the economy in the above-mentioned period were considered and measures to reduce industrial injuries were proposed. Data for the study were taken from open sources of information. The analysis of the obtained results showed an unchanged leading position in the considered period of the organizational causes of accidents, despite the introduction of the fourth group of causes into the classifier. According to the results of the study, it was shown that the introduction of the fourth group of causes of accidents has an appropriate rationale, established patterns regarding the most trauma-hazardous branches of the economy in the years under review, and determined a low motivational component of occupational safety, which determines the predominance of organizational causes of industrial injuries. It was established that the reduction of industrial injuries is impossible without teaching occupational safety issues in higher education institutions by future heads of structural units and leading specialists. The need to improve occupational health and safety training for employees at all levels, as well as the use of mandatory professional selection and more thorough control over periodic preventive medical examinations, was noted.

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