Preliminary communication

Shaping workplace safety in the metallurgical industry

M. Spilka orcid.org/0000-0001-6396-266X ; Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

Abstract

Shaping workplace safety is determined by the organization of work in a way that does not endanger the employee during its performance. It consists of such aspects as occupational risk assessment and determination of the workload, as well as its impact on the employee. At workstations in the metallurgical industry, activities are performed in conditions harmful to health, hence the article presents the results of the workload assessment related to the physical load on employees at selected workplaces in the metallurgical industry. The occupational risk was also estimated and corrective actions were indicated to increase work safety.

Keywords

metallurgical industry; workplace; safety; occupational risk; work nuisance assessment

Hrčak ID:

246108

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/246108

Publication date:

4.1.2021.

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