Managing occupational risks of greenhouse workers

Roman Chaplin,Sergey Fomin,Sergei Istomin,Svetlana Zhukova

doi:10.1051/bioconf/20202700149

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https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/20202700149

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Abstract

The article analyzes the results of a study on the implementation of an information system for managing occupational risks at a protected ground agro-industrial complex enterprise. By using the author’s model of an automated information and reference system for assessing and controlling occupational risks, which contains the main elements of an occupational risk management system – a hazard identification block, an occupational risk analysis and assessment block, and an occupational risk management block, the company’s management builds a strategy to increase the efficiency of the labor protection management system, expanding its operational and functional capabilities. The amount of occupational risk is calculated according to the author’s method based on the information entered in the database of the automated information and reference system, according to such parameters as: health status, length of service, age, qualification of the employee, training in labor protection requirements and violation of labor protection requirements by a specific employee, category risk for identified industrial hazards. The introduction of an automated information and reference system for assessing occupational risks at the protected ground agroindustrial complex enterprise allowed not only to see possible risks, but also to accurately calculate their level, and to develop preventive measures to manage the identified risks.

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The work of agricultural workers has always been characterized by high physical activity, including performing many operations and carrying heavy loads manually, uncomfortable and forced postures, frequent tilting of the body, and long-term work on one’s feet [1]
An information and reference system for assessing occupational risks has been developed and an occupational risk management system has been proposed, including [7]: conducting an assessment of occupational risks based on an analysis of identified hazards and characteristics of employees of the enterprise; analysis of the system of preventive measures and measures to reduce the level of occupational risks; development of criteria for assessing the effectiveness of the current labor protection management system at Sovkhoz-Vesna JSC and directions for its improvement
The management of labor protection at the enterprise is carried out by the Director General through compliance with the state normative requirements of labour protection taking into account the specifics of its activities, achievements of modern science and best practices, commitments and international, intergovernmental and national standards, guidelines and recommendations of the International labour organization on OSH and production safety

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Introduction

The work of agricultural workers has always been characterized by high physical activity, including performing many operations and carrying heavy loads manually, uncomfortable and forced postures, frequent tilting of the body, and long-term work on one’s feet [1]. In addition to the above-mentioned characteristics, the work of agricultural workers of protected soil is aggravated by a complex of adverse factors related to the specifics of technological processes, which include microclimatic conditions (high or low air temperature, high humidity, intense insolation, low air mobility), air pollution of the working area with harmful chemicals, contamination of surfaces and air with bacterial microflora and helminth eggs. The specifics of the technology for growing vegetables in greenhouses does not allow mechanization of labor, more than 85% of the work is done manually, which is a key risk factor for injuries of greenhouse workers [5, 6]

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