Conference paper
https://doi.org/10.31306/s.64.2.6
The mandatory documentation and evidence-based safety at work
Miran Pavlič
; Univerzitetni klinični center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenija
Mirko Markič
; Univerza na Primorskem, Fakulteta za management, Koper, Slovenija
Abstract
The need for "evidence-based occupational safety" is growing and represents one of the new and current challenges in the safety science and profession. The purpose of our article is to present the results on the actual storage of the mandatory documentation (records) in the Slovenian large and medium-sized companies, which they are obliged to keep under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. We sent a questionnaire to 1.300 e-mail addresses of large and medium-sized companies to evaluate the implementation of the occupational safety measures. We found that in the surveyed companies, on average, 87,5 % meet the activities of keeping records in the field of occupational safety, which represents a relatively high level of compliance. The highest level of implementation of permanently kept documentation or keeping records in the field of occupational safety is shown in the connection with accidents at work (97, 6 %), medical examinations of employees (97,3 %) and in connection with employee training (96, 1 %). The lowest level of record keeping in the field of occupational safety is observed in the field of inspections and tests of personal protective equipment (79, 4 %). The findings from our research have theoretical and practical implications for all those involved in the planning, implementation, and control of occupational safety based on actually available information.
Keywords
documentation, evidence-based, information, management, enterprises, occupational safety
Hrčak ID:
280058
URI
Publication date:
6.7.2022.
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