Abstract
The article is devoted to the analysis of current state of the legal security of labor protection when working with pesticides, as well as the formulation of conclusions and proposals based on it, aimed at improving the current legislation in this area. It has been established that currently in Ukraine, there is a process of updating legislation in the area under study. In particular, through the adoption of regulatory acts governing the rules of labor protection when working with certain types of chemicals (for example, ammonium nitrate). As a result of a study of the current legislation in the field of labor protection when working with pesticides, it has been concluded that the basic documents (SSR 8.8.1.2.001-98 “Transportation, storage and use of pesticides in the national economy” and DSanPiN 8.8.1.2.3.4-000- 2001 “Permissible doses, concentrations, quantities and levels of pesticides in agricultural raw materials, food products, air of the working area, atmospheric air, water of water ponds, soil”) are not able to properly regulate the relevant relationships due to their outdated provisions. The main shortcomings of SSR 8.8.1.2.001-98 are identified: reference in its content to already inactive regulations on labor protection, non-compliance with modern developments in the field of hygiene and toxicology of pesticides; unreasonably detailed regulation, which entails an excessive burden on business entities and leads to formalism in the implementation of provisions of this document by employers; incorrectly “rigid” regulation of the choice of means of personal protection for work with pesticides. It has been determined the directions of improvement of legislation in the field of labor protection when working with pesticides. Among them: the introduction of a risk-based approach to the organization of labor protection, including in the field of agriculture; borrowing positive international experience in the field of awareness of interested parties about the hygienic regulation of the use of pesticides, the necessary safety measures for working with the use of such substances.
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