METHODS FOR ASSESSING WORKING CONDITIONS IN ORGANIZATIONS

Abstract

The paper characterizes the methods of comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of work on safety, describes mechanisms for analyzing and monitoring the identification of deviations in occupational safety in the production activities of organizations in order to develop and implement measures to eliminate them. (Research purpose) The research purpose is developing a mechanism for assessing, analyzing and controlling the identification of labor protection deviations in the production activities of enterprises. (Materials and methods) The article describes the hazard coefficient, and the reduction coefficient as criteria for evaluating work on labor protection. We have developed valid tests to assess sanitary and hygienic indicators, injury risk, the effectiveness of the use of personal protective equipment and the organization of work on labor protection. The creation of a special commission is recommended, which should include specialists from various professional fields, as conditions for the implementation of professional safety mechanisms. The existing integral indicator for risk assessment does not take into account the loss of working time caused by diseases with temporary disability and a decrease in the level of efficiency when working in adverse conditions. For a more objective accounting of these losses, we studied and presented the criterion of an integral assessment of operability. (Results and discussion) An integral indicator of occupational risk was calculated taking into account the frequency and severity of injuries of an accident, a fatal accident, occupational diseases, diseases with temporary disability. We have implemented an organoleptic scoring assessment of indicators of working conditions, on the basis of which six categories of harmfulness (severity) of work have been introduced. (Conclusions) The proposed method of integral assessment of the severity of labor makes it possible to determine the effectiveness of work to ensure safety and to take into account losses due to injuries and occupational diseases, as well as losses associated with a decrease in working capacity and temporary disability.