THE STEPS OF PRODUCTION RISK IDENTIFICATION AT THE INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE TO PROVIDE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

Abstract

Problem statement. The development and implementation of key provisions to harmonize principles, methods, and risk assessment criteria for workers’ health with international approaches is a necessary condition for social and economic development of the state in order to integrate into global community. Moreover, the internal audit of occupational safety for the departments of the enterprise, according to the law of Ukraine «About occupational safety», should provide quantity assessment of professional and production risks for workers’ safety and health, taking into account the effect of hazardous factors for the workplace with harmful working conditions, as well as for production departments and the enterprise in general. The purpose of the research is to develop an algorithm to identify the level of production risk step by step for the workplace with admissible working conditions, for production departments with harmful working conditions and for the manufacturing enterprise in general. Conclusions. The research conducted has shown that the importance of professional and production risks should be taken into account to characterize not only occupational safety in the workplace with harmful and admissible working conditions, but also in the production departments and the manufacturing enterprise. The algorithm was developed to identify the level of production risks for the workplace with harmful and admissible working conditions, for the production departments considering all working places in order to compare accurately the risk level among production departments. The methods suggested for the annual internal audit of occupational safety at the enterprise departments allow taking high-priority actions for providing occupational safety, as well as developing enterprise policy in the field of occupational and production safety, and arranging necessary preparation for production certification according to the requirements of DSTU ISO 45001:2018 standard.