Improving the Process of Occupational Risk Management Through the Development of Work Performance Safety Analysis Cards

Abstract

Purpose. Improving the process of managing occupational risks from industrial hazards: development of work safety analysis maps. Methodology. To improve the process of occupational risk management, the well-known approach “Occupational safety analysis” is used, which is described in the standard developed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the USA under number OSHA 3071:2002. This approach provides for the identification of dangers and threats that affect an employee during the performance of each stage of the production task: preparation for work, carrying out work, completion of work, emergency situations, etc. Each of the stages can be divided into additional steps, the analysis of which will allow detailing the dangers and assessing the risk to justify preventive measures. Findings. The process of managing professional risks has been improved due to the development of work safety analysis maps, which were carried out taking into account changes in dangerous factors overtime during the production operation. It was determined that dangerous factors that increase the probability of the occurrence of a dangerous event can change over time, which under certain conditions increases the amount of occupational risk. A matrix for the assessment of occupational risks is proposed, which provides for the determination of the magnitude of the occupational risk both for a separate hazardous factor and for a combination of hazardous factors during the performance of a certain stage of work. The limits of the permissible value of occupational risk, which does not lead to serious losses of the employee’s health level, have been established. An example of occupational risk assessment is presented, taking into account the influence of a number of dangerous factors that change over time during preparation for the operation of moving timber onto a vehicle. Dangerous factors that can change over time have been identified and their impact on the probability and severity of the consequences of the occurrence of a dangerous event has been assessed. Originality. The regularities of the formation of the work safety analysis procedure, taking into account the variability of risks during the performance of production work, have been determined. Practical value. A work performance safety analysis map has been developed for the hydraulic manipulator operator, in which the levels of professional risks are established for each dangerous factor in accordance with the stage of work performance.