The future of occupational health and safety in Russia is prevention and a culture of safe work. This is the general theme of the Russia Health and Safety Week, which was held in April 2019 at the Main Media Centre in Sochi.
The ceremony of awarding the best occupational health and safety specialists was held during the Russia Health and Safety Week. The winners of the I All-Russian Olympiad in Occupational Health and Safety shared their personal experience and presented cases of their organizations.
Documents regulating the rules and procedure for handing out personal protective equipment are considered. The article considers how the employer can reimburse the part of the funds spent on occupational health and safety measures at the expense of the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation. Step-by-step recommendations on how to apply for compensation for personal protective equipment are presented. It is necessary to submit an application and documents to the territorial body of the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation for financing preventive measures by August 1, 2019.
The Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation, Topilin M. A., spoke at the strategic plenary session «The Future of Occupational Health and Safety in Russia — Prevention and Culture of Safe Work» of the V Russia Health and Safety Week.
The Mentor Days held at the Ural State University of Economics demonstrated the work of the system of augmented reality hardware for training within production.
One of the causes of accidents and occupational diseases at work is the lack modern personal protective equipment for workers or non-use of PPE by workers. The way to motivate employers and workers to use PPE is described in the article.
The effectiveness of the work of state labour inspectors is considered during monitoring of the fulfilment of the requirements of labour legislation and other regulatory acts by employers. It is shown that though the level of industrial injuries decreases in Russia, the share of concealed fatal accidents is growing. It is necessary to carry out a research on the analysis of accidents not related to production by the state to obtain reliable statistics on occupational injuries.
Norilsk Nickel regularly introduces technology solutions, which are designed to improve employee safety. The best practices in the field of occupational health and safety of the Norilsk Nickel Group of companies, the project of implementing a system of radio communication and positioning at the Taymyrsky mine are described in the article.
We consider the working conditions, the state of occupational morbidity of workers of winning machines — an excavator driver, an assistant excavator driver in the coal mining industry. The influence of various brands of excavators on professional activity is also considered.
The new generation of innovative Aura Particulate Respirators 9300+Gen3 Series by 3M Company was introduced in the framework of Russia Health and Safety Week — 2019 exhibition. They were developed using advanced solutions and combining a new level of comfort, ease and usability.
Intelligent technologies are used in various industries. The article describes whether it is advantageous to use them, how they can already help production workers in the field of occupational health and safety, and which areas are still only in the projects of design bureaus.
The most common cause of fires is a malfunction in the electrical network, that is, a short circuit of wiring. There are many products on the domestic market the technical parameters of which do not correspond to the established GOSTs (State standard). And often poor-quality and worn wiring does not cope up with the applied load. Where the fake products come from and how to choose a high-quality electrical cable is described in the article.
Environmental monitoring near the chemical and petrochemical industries is one of the most important tasks to reduce industrial pollution of the environment. The possibilities of controlling anthropogenic air pollution with laser sensing methods are considered.
It is considered how they provide and motivate employees to use personal protective equipment in foreign countries. The normative documents regulating the use of personal protective equipment are presented.
