#Risks
Identifying and controlling occupational risks. Discovering hidden hazards, managing human fallibilities, and redefining staff relationship with dangerous operations via real scenario monitoring rather than mere formal checkups.
Monitoring Workplace Behavior and Identifying Causes of Unsafe Employee Behavior
The article examines the procedure for conducting behavioral safety audits and safety dialogues (BSAD), introduced at JSC Energospetsmontazh for continuous monitoring of employee actions and identifying the causes of unsafe behavior. The material describes the objectives and methodology for conducting observations and one-on-one conversations between managers and personnel, which make it possible to promptly identify hazardous actions and reinforce safe work methods. The practical application of...
Contractor HSE Management System
A comprehensive contractor HSE management system covering about 40,000 workers at production and construction sites. The practice includes shifting focus to preventive work before site admission, dividing contractors into production and construction perimeters, introducing a penalty forgiveness mechanism, and focusing on auditing the internal management system during incident investigations.
Forewarned is Forearmed!
The article is devoted to improving the efficiency of safety sign perception in order to enhance working conditions and occupational health and safety at the enterprise. It presents methodological recommendations for hazard visualization, proposing the use of group and combined signs of three types depending on the installation locations. The implementation of these recommendations helps eliminate inconsistency and establishes a unified procedure for designating equipment, signal markings, and s...
Office Risk Assessment: Practical Experience. What to Look For?
Comprehensive occupational risk assessment for office employees using 1C-based software. Implementation of an interactive training course to build mindful attitudes toward ergonomic risks and proper workplace organization.
Safety Tagging System for Scaffolding and Access Equipment
The article explains the procedure for applying a system of red and green safety tags to indicate the condition of scaffolding equipment at work sites. The material describes tagging rules during assembly and daily inspections, as well as the procedure for authorizing personnel to work at height in accordance with occupational health and safety requirements and GOST R 58752-2019. The use of visual tags allows for effective monitoring of scaffolding serviceability and the prevention of occupation...
Internship
The article is devoted to occupational risk management at the enterprise and the analysis of personnel errors as one of the key risk factors. The author explains how systematizing omissions into a single database and practical training — from internships to working with a mentor — help form safe work execution skills. Such an approach allows eliminating the repetition of errors and increasing the reliability of operational procedures.
Hold Your Fire: When is the Risk Hunt Inappropriate?
The mobile application "Risk Hunt" has become a popular tool among EVRAZ workers, but employees often record hazards that are part of their daily duties and that they can handle themselves. The article explains in which cases risk recording is inappropriate and why it is important to maintain order in the workplace on one's own. The material reminds readers of the main rules: eliminate risks on your own when possible, and report to a manager and register a hazard only when resolving it on your o...
Occupational Health and Safety in Medical Organizations
The article is devoted to the specifics of occupational health and safety and the occupational risks of healthcare workers. The material examines harmful occupational factors, the legal and regulatory framework governing working conditions and work schedules of medical staff, as well as requirements for providing personnel with protective equipment. The specifics of investigating workplace incidents and the distinction between minor injuries and medical accidents under SanPiN are explained separ...
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...
Risk-Oriented Approach to Administrative Control in HSE
Transformation of the traditional three-level administrative control system into a risk-oriented model. A monthly safety culture assessment of production units was implemented using 10 indicators, a unified checklist, facility rating, and workplace microlearning. Low-rated facilities undergo enhanced control, while high-rated ones are inspected only via documentation.
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.
Teaming up with a Contractor. Myth or Reality?
A comprehensive contractor safety management system at a nuclear power plant. It includes integrating safety requirements into procurement documentation, mandatory expert review of HSE documents before signing a contract, a monitoring and self-assessment system based on uniform criteria, and practical training for contractors on workplace risk assessment.