Improvement of risk management principles in occupational health and safety

Abstract

IMproveMent of rIsK MAnAGeMent prIncIples In occupAtIonAl heAlth AnD sAfety purpose. To improve the risk management principles in occupational health and safety. Methodology. In study the following set of scientific methods was used: analysis of scientific and technical literature and inter national normative legal documents on the construction and operation of occupational health and safety management systems; probabilisticstatistical methods; the theory of Markov processes; methods of formalization. findings. The main problems that make it impossible to objectively implement the PDCA process in modern occupational health and safety management systems in organizations are identified. It is noted that the identified problems are related to: uncer tainty of the requirements of ISO 45001:2018 regarding the purposes, sequence and results of each procedure of the PDCA process in occupational health and safety; inadequacy of methodological support of the main stages of the Plan procedure; lack of practi cal opportunities for objective implementation of Do, Check, Act procedures. The prerequisites are established for the transition of the systems of health care (HC) and occupational safety support (OSS) to the new concept of proactive risk management (based on the operation of two small cycles within the PDCA process), which allows ensuring the existence of objective relationships be tween all procedures of the PDCA process; increasing the efficiency of the HC and OSS systems through providing the ability to manage the impact of negative factors on the employee by certain parameters; determination of clear cause and effect relationships between the parameters of the impact of negative factors on the employee and the incident, as well as other benefits. The possibil ity of application of the automated system of complex protection of employees from occupational dangers was substantiated to solve practical problems of the new concept of PDCA in the HC and OSS systems in the organizations. originality. For the first time, the concept of proactive risk management based on the principles of small cycles in the PDCA process was substantiated and proposed for use in the HC and OSS systems. practical value. The obtained results will be used for development of projects of changes in the maintenance and structure of

The Development Trend of the Occupational Health and Safety in the Context of ISO 45001:2018

“…The applied health and safety management system is based on the Plan-Do-Check-Act concept (PDCA) [18,19]. The PDCA concept is an iterative process used by organization to achieve continual improvement [20][21][22][23]. It can be applied to a management system, and to each of its individual elements, as follows [2,24]: In Figure 3 it can be seen that, from the point of view of the new standard ISO 45001:2018, the structure of the occupational health and safety management system is at a high level.…”

Building an effective personnel risks management system of the organization

“…In order to improve the efficiency of risk management innovation, it is proposed to form and use a number of accounting reserves [13]. However, such research results cannot be of practical value due to the fact that they do not make it possible to increase the effectiveness of risk management and reduce them to an acceptable level in the organization as a whole [14][15][16][17][18].…”

Practical approach to assessment of effectiveness and efficiency of management systems for occupational safety

“…The researcher established that the effectiveness and functioning of occupational safety and health systems could be improved by managing separate parameters of adverse effects on an employee and substantiated the possibility of using an automated system of worker comprehensive protection against occupational hazards. A risk-oriented approach (proactive management) was applied to the assessment of OSH management system functioning based on the functioning principles of two small cycles during PDCA implementation [8]. Podgorski D. notes that despite the implementation of a systems-based approach to safety management at many companies, it is of interest to develop new methods for measuring OSH management system operational indicators aimed at the real improvement of safety management processes.…”