#HSE TOP 100
Advanced work practices of finalists and participants in the national HSE TOP 100 rating: from contractor qualification and operational risk management to mentoring and competence development. This section features proven cases from industry leaders demonstrating a systemic approach to enhancing industrial safety, benchmarking, and effective tools for personnel engagement.
Appointing Persons Responsible for Fire Safety: A Constructive Approach Without Formalism
The article examines the legal nuances of Clause 4 of the Fire Safety Regulations of the Russian Federation and the procedure for delimiting responsibility between the head of the organization and designated employees. The author clarifies the difference between mandatory and prohibitive fire safety requirements, showing how appointing persons responsible for ensuring compliance with prohibitions allows responsibility to be legally divided. The publication contains practical recommendations for...
How to Choose a Contractor?
The selection of a contractor organization includes two key stages: pre-qualification to screen out weak candidates and technical evaluation to determine the tender winner. The article examines the application of an individual technical matrix with criteria for occupational health and safety, work experience, and quality management, as well as the procedure for managing risks when selecting an applicant. The material helps the Customer properly organize the contractor evaluation process and prep...
The HSE Officer's Code through Company Values: Results
The article examines the development of the meaning of 'Result' based on the methodology of 'The Oz Principle' by R. Connors and T. Smith to overcome victimization and transition to personal responsibility. It reveals the difference between the 'Below the Line' and 'Above the Line' positions through four steps: Perception, Involvement, Decision, and Action. The publication contains a self-diagnostic checklist and shows how focusing on finding solutions helps achieve results at optimal cost.
HSE System Maturity Analysis. Next Steps for System Development
Comprehensive launch of an industrial safety system from scratch at an enterprise with a long history. Includes maturity assessment, organizational structure revision, budget defense, audit implementation, incident investigation, PPE accounting automation, and personnel involvement in risk assessment.
Development of HSE Technical Training Elements in the Fertilizer Division of EuroChem MCC JSC
Creation of training grounds to practice hard skills in occupational and industrial safety. The system includes modular training with increasing scenario complexity, integration of safety procedures (e.g., LOTO) into basic technical processes, and objective knowledge assessment via checklists, including for contractor admission.
Psychological Approaches to Occupational Safety
The article analyzes existing psychological approaches to ensuring occupational safety and the causes of workers' risky behavior in production. The author justifies the need to integrate medical-psychological, psychotechnical, socio-psychological, and psycho-pedagogical approaches into a unified occupational health and safety management system. The development of a systems approach based on the concept of organizational culture, the systemic-evolutionary concept of personality, and the cultural-...
Development of a Training System for Drilling and Well Intervention Specialists
A multi-level training system for supervisors on regulatory and methodological documents (RMD), combining face-to-face and online formats. The practice includes cascading knowledge, dividing responsibility for RMDs between departments, and automating testing to increase awareness of safety rules compliance.
One of Akkermann Cement's Life-Saving Rules: Perform work using functional equipment, tools, and devices
Operating faulty equipment and tools is one of the main causes of injuries, bruises, and electric shocks in production. The article talks about the importance of observing the Life-Saving Rules of Akkermann Cement and monitoring the proper condition of work equipment. Readers will learn why every worker is required to check the condition of tools before starting work and how studying instructions helps prevent accidents.
Progressive Technologies for Preventing Unsafe Acts and Operator Errors
A comprehensive approach to preventing unsafe acts by personnel through psychophysiological assessment and VR training. Implementing a multi-level candidate filtration and pre-shift control system to identify risk and stress tendencies, alongside VR simulators to build safe behavior reflexes under time pressure.
Implementing Video Analytics Systems as an Element of Improving Safety Culture
Implementation of an automated HSE incident detection system (ASVIOT) based on machine vision and video analytics. The system recognizes the absence of PPE, hazardous situations, and controls geofences, supplemented by smart bracelets for personnel condition monitoring and two-way communication at high-security facilities.
Innovative Developments and Digital Transformation of the HSE System
A comprehensive system for engaging employees in creating innovative HSE solutions and digital transformation of the HSE management system based on existing IT resources. The practice includes developing technical protection means (electric field sensors, machine vision systems) and digitizing work permits, PPE control, and vehicle monitoring.
Mobile app for risk search and identification. Where to start with no budget
Development and implementation of a mobile app for risk search and identification by employees on a limited budget. The practice includes gamification of the hazard identification process, organizing scheduled "risk hunts," and using messengers as an alternative data collection tool.