Abstract
Industrial injuries and work-related disorders considerable lowering we are facing in developed countries may be due to switching to a new health and safety management system entitled “Occupational Safety and Health Management System”. The Russian Federation has prepared certain regulatory documents prescribing some suggestions regarding implementing the contemporary system for industrial injuries prevention based upon the methods for professional risks management. However, despite the efforts made by the Russian Government, reformation of the health and safety management system at various companies is being performed rather slowly that may be as well owing to poor competence of managers and specialists regarding contemporary labor safety model content, methodical and organizational novations in the sphere of occupational safety and health management.. The article refers to a number of principal issues distinguishing the new health and safety management system from conventional approach.
Highlights
Over the recent decades we are facing favorable changes in the level of industrial injuries and work-related disorders in developed countries
Positive tendencies in labor losses reducing may be due to development and reduction to practice a new health and safety model based on which a contemporary management system was built entitled “Occupational Safety and Health Management System (OSHMS)” [1,2]
According to estimates made by the International Labour Organization (ILO), developed countries have almost settled the matter of how to
Summary
Over the recent decades we are facing favorable changes in the level of industrial injuries and work-related disorders in developed countries. Due to the fact that in European countries health care costs in case of treatment providing for work-related disorders under current conditions go far beyond the expenses for an injured rehabilitation after some industrial injury, health and safety activity primarily focuses upon the programs for employees health preservation. This is why the main line of activities regarding health and safety protection as for today is working conditions improvement, working places comfort raising [4]
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