Abstract

Problem statement. Emergencies of natural and technogenic nature in the form of industrial accidents, fires, explosions, releases of harmful and hazardous chemicals lead to health damage, fatal consequences, environmental pollution, destruction of buildings, structures and industrial facilities. Ukraine has a number of legislative and regulatory instruments for the application of emergency and accident risk analysis and assessment methods. These documents are aimed at the state supervisory authorities' assessment of the risks of natural phenomena and activities that are accompanied by emergencies and their negative impact on the population and the environment. According to Ukrainian legislation, a business entity identifies high-risk objects, must conduct a safety investigation and an emergencies risks assessment and their impact on people and environment. The business entity also prepares and submits to the local authorities a safety declaration of high-risk object. The purpose of the article. The article aims to consider the issue of emergency and accident risk analysis and its assessment methodology. Risk indicator analysis makes it possible to compare the actions of different hazard factors in terms of their nature, time of effect and consequences. The opportunity to highlight and focus on production facilities, technologies, natural systems to prevent emergencies related to them was appeared. Conclusions. The estimation of emergencies and accidents risks should be based on statistical data, on the results of control and supervision for the potentially dangerous objects technical condition, on the conclusions of emergencies monitoring and prediction, on the construction of a model for hazardous situations occurrence and impact and calculation of the consequences of its impact.

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