Categorization and gradation of hazardous actions of industrial workers: methodological aspects

Abstract

The paper defines concepts of “dangerous working conditions” and “dangerous actions of workers”. Regulatory and various doctrinal approaches to differentiating the actions of workers violating labor protection requirements are considered, their specific features, advantages and disadvantages for use in industrial enterprises are analyzed. The author proposes a method of categorizing and grading dangerous actions of workers of industrial enterprises. The method is developed with regard to the specifics of the functioning of oil stores. The work is based on the method of expert assessments, applied in the form of an individual expert survey. The survey was conducted among the experienced specialists of electrical and electrotechnological fields, whose professions and positions are typical of a modern warehouse of petroleum products. The survey results allowed compiling the most objective and complete list of all possible behavioral deviations of a particular professional category of workers. The resulting list is the basis of the reference guide of the developed automated system for personified accounting of the dangerous actions of workers engaged in the operation, maintenance and repair of electrical equipment in oil product warehouses.