#Occupational safety
Occupational safety (OS) within the context of modern production challenges and regulatory legal framing. Accumulates core methods for managing the comprehensive system protecting the life and health of workers effectively.
Question: Are You Developing Your HSE Management System? The Story of an Internal Development Team
The article describes four years of experience in creating and developing an in-house occupational health and safety and industrial safety team at a Siberian enterprise. Formed exclusively of company employees, the department implemented over 20 projects, ranging from a risk management system and digital solutions to the debureaucratization of processes. The publication shows how initial collaboration with consulting helped build in-house expertise for the independent development of the system w...
Is Your Risk Management System Actually Working?
The article is devoted to key aspects of establishing and developing an occupational health and safety and industrial safety risk management system based on the PDCA (Deming) cycle. The author examines the elements of each stage of the methodology — from worker involvement and risk assessment to assigning responsibility for TOP risk measures to business leaders. The material also explains the organization of the annual hazard review cycle, its linkage with budgeting, and process monitoring throu...
How to Calculate the Effectiveness of HSEMS Processes?
The article is devoted to the methodology of digitizing labor inputs for evaluating process efficiency in the occupational health and safety management system. The author demonstrates an approach to a step-by-step comparison of processes "before" and "after" transformation using a formula for calculating time and resource costs. The described algorithm helps measure the impact of changes on the overall performance indicators of the company and evaluate the return on investment of implementing au...
AI at the Service of HSE
The article discusses the experience of implementing the "MegaColleague" chatbot powered by the ChatGPT generative neural network in a company, which helps employees receive answers to questions 24/7, including topics of occupational health and safety and safety culture. Automating responses allowed freeing occupational health and safety specialists from processing more than 25 thousand requests per year and directing their resources toward solving more complex tasks. The author shares their per...
How HSE Automation and Digitalization Help Attract Talent
The article explains how process automation in the field of occupational health and safety is becoming an effective tool for attracting employees and strengthening the employer brand. Using the implementation of online services and a candidate's personal account as an example, it shows how preliminary remote document processing and medical examinations simplify the employment process. This approach significantly reduces the effort required from applicants and minimizes their losses at the recrui...
Elements of the ZARUBEZHNEFT-dobycha Kharyaga Production System: Tools for Developing and Maintaining a Culture of Safe Production
The article examines the experience of ZARUBEZHNEFT-dobycha Kharyaga in developing and maintaining a safe production culture using elements of the production system. The material shows how practical tools — from standard operating procedures and the 5S system to crew ratings and motivation programs — help minimize occupational risks and increase labor productivity. The described approach demonstrates ways to engage personnel and contracting organizations in the process of continuous improvement...
Demonstrative Work Permit Authorization
A demonstration permit-to-work for high-risk operations is a procedure involving experts and workers that allows evaluating the quality of work preparation and the conduct of safety briefings. The article examines the role of this tool in fostering a safety culture, joint risk analysis, and enhancing employee competencies. Such a practice helps identify and eliminate potential hazards before work begins, contributing to the reduction of occupational injuries.
Informal Approach to Training: The Case of Zarubezhneft-Dobycha Kharyaga
The article examines the practice of conducting additional internal training on safety standards for employees of Zarubezhneft-dobycha Kharyaga and contracting organizations. The training takes into account the specifics of the oilfield operations, including Arctic conditions and work with oil containing hydrogen sulfide, allowing workers to thoughtfully assess risks from their very first days. The material demonstrates how the effective adaptation of newly arrived specialists helps reduce the l...
Safety at HEIGHT
The article is devoted to training grounds designed for the practical training of specialists in the safe execution of work at height. At such specialized sites, under the guidance of instructors, conditions closely approximating real ones are created, which allows practicing the skills of using fall protection equipment. Training at training grounds contributes to enhancing worker qualifications, reducing the risk of occupational accidents, and improving the quality of executed tasks.
Hazardous Zone Marking: From Design to Implementation
The article is dedicated to the preparation and practical implementation of a project for marking hazardous production areas, using the experience of the Moscow branch of JSC NPO Poisk as an example. The author provides a step-by-step algorithm of actions covering information collection, conducting an audit, developing graphical 2D diagrams, and selecting materials in accordance with GOST 12.4.026. The material helps to understand how to overcome typical problems when implementing marking, justi...
Are You Confident in the Quality of Your Facility's Permit-to-Work System?
The article examines a methodology for assessing the effectiveness of a permit-to-work system at an enterprise, based on monitoring the responsibility of three key roles and maintaining workspace cleanliness. Measurement results from occupational health and safety and industrial safety specialists, as well as data from a mobile application, are consolidated into a single IT system to generate ratings of contractors and departments. Such an approach helps to establish transparent control over the...
The Role of Trade Unions in HSE
The article examines the role of the trade union organization in protecting workers' rights and improving working conditions through a collective agreement. Using specific examples, such as conducting a special assessment of working conditions, the author explains how the trade union identifies violations, organizes an independent expert evaluation, and monitors occupational health and safety in the workplace. The material demonstrates the practical capabilities of trade unions in protecting lab...