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State Environmental Supervision: Typical Sampling Violations During Inspections
The article is dedicated to protecting the interests of the enterprise during inspections by state environmental supervision bodies. The material examines key principles of preparing for an inspection and provides typical procedural violations during sampling by inspectors and laboratories. The author explains how to document inspectors' errors in documents to minimize risks and prevent unjustified administrative liability.
Building Relationships with Contractors. Step 1: Informing
The article describes the experience of an enterprise in building safe interaction with contractors based on WANO standards. The author explains how including occupational health and safety risks and requirements in procurement documentation, as well as testing personnel before admission, increased the level of rule knowledge from less than 40% to more than 90%. The publication shows how advance information and control help contractors become reliable partners and avoid losing time on adaptation.
Learning Through Play
The article examines the experience of using gamification at the 'Conscious Safety' seminar using a simple exercise with children's blocks. The game-based approach makes it possible to unite workers of different generations into mixed teams for joint execution of tasks, risk assessment, and conducting briefings. Such an approach helps build team cohesion and form sustainable safe behavior skills when performing high-risk work without financial or time costs.
Algorithm for Forming Safe Actions Through Awareness
The article examines the concept of conscious safety as the ability to assess risks and take responsibility for one's daily choices. The author explains why dangerous actions become a habit and lead to the majority of accidents, and also offers a step-by-step competency development cycle to convert dangerous habits into automatic safe actions.
The 'Video Briefings' Project: How to Implement It?
In the article, the author shares their own experience in organizing the filming of occupational health and safety video briefings for key professions. The author debunks popular myths about the need for a large team and complex technical specifications, demonstrating the possibility of implementing the project through an expert and a versatile contractor. The material contains a step-by-step algorithm: from budget planning to creating a script based on instructions, filming without violations, and approving a pilot video.
Learning Together
The article is devoted to the transformation of the work of occupational health and safety specialists from formal inspections and enforcement orders to systems analysis, communications, and the development of self-control. The author shares practical experience in conducting targeted inspections using detailed checklists and jointly discussing the causes of violations with work performers. The described approach helps specialists identify the root causes of risks, formulate effective preventive measures, and overcome stereotypes in ensuring safety.
Reservoir: Water Body or Hydraulic Structure?
The article examines the legal status of reservoirs used by thermal power plants for cooling equipment—whether they are water bodies or hydraulic structures. The author analyzes the norms of the Water Code of the Russian Federation, environmental legislation, and the invalidation since 2021 of the instruction on monitoring hydraulic structures. The material helps understand why current regulations classify most such reservoirs as water bodies and the requirements of which legislation apply to them.
Fire Season: Risks and Specifics of Industrial Fire Safety Prevention
The article examines the concept of the fire hazard season at an enterprise, which under Far North conditions is not limited to the summer period, but also covers the winter months with their specific risks. The author describes seasonal fire safety threats, including freezing of the water supply, snow-covered access roads, and the use of electrical appliances. The material tells about necessary preventive measures and infrastructure preparation to prevent fires throughout the year.
Evaporation Ponds and State Environmental Expert Review
The article examines the legal and environmental aspects of using evaporation ponds to solve the problem of brine imbalance in potash fertilizer production. The material analyzes the criteria for classifying such facilities as Category III or II in terms of negative environmental impact, and substantiates why their design documentation is not subject to state environmental review under Federal Law No. 174. The author provides regulatory arguments for the absence of an inseverable technological connection with the sludge storage facility and reports on an inquiry sent to Rosprirodnadzor.
Domestic Injuries: Prevention is Better Than Cure
Domestic injuries cause no less harm to health than workplace accidents, and our health is our responsibility. The article explains how to stay attentive and properly assess household risks. Increased attention and vigilance not only in extreme conditions, but also in everyday life will help preserve health for years to come.
What do astronauts and miners have in common?
Despite their apparent contrast, the work of cosmonauts and miners is united by isolated space, elevated psycho-emotional loads, and the need for long-term recovery. The article compares harmful factors and hazards faced by specialists underground and in space, as well as the role of workwear and spacesuits in protecting humans. Special attention is paid to dynamic risk assessment, common fatal threats like explosions and fires, and injury statistics.
Implementing the Vision Zero Concept: Zero Harm
The article examines the experience of implementing the international concept "Zero Injuries" (Vision Zero) at JSC "Zarubezhneft" and LLC "JC "RUSVIETPETRO"" to enhance safety culture and prevent occupational injuries. The material describes the practical application of the seven "golden rules" of occupational health and safety and a special safety observation methodology using stop cards. Readers will learn how employee involvement and risk control help identify unsafe actions in a timely manner and strengthen workplace discipline in the workplace.