Professional paper
RISK ASSESSMENT AS FOUNDATION OF RISK AT WORK MANAGEMENT – CASE OF MACHINE PROCESSING
Ante Milovac
orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-3457
; Kontrol biro d.o.o., Zadar, Hrvatska
Nikolina Smajla
orcid.org/0000-0003-2502-0625
; Veleučilište u Karlovcu, Karlovac, Hrvatska
Abstract
Risks to which employees are exposed are some of the most important risks that companies need to manage. Risks are to be avoided, reduced, transferred, and if need be accepted (and financed). According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, certain types of companies are under obligation to draft a risk assessment document including possible injuries at work, occupational diseases, disturbances and disruptions of the work process, etc. Quality risk assessment of workplaces in metalworking companies is essential since statistical data show that in the last five years the metalwork industry in the Republic of Croatia has had the highest incidence of work injuries.
The paper provides a theoretical background on risk management and a survey of regulations governing occupational safety. An example of the content and methods for drafting a compulsory risk assessment document for a machine processing workplace in a metalwork plant is given.
Keywords
occupational safety; risk; risk assessment; work injury
Hrčak ID:
153091
URI
Publication date:
9.10.2015.
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