Conference paper
APPLICATION AND ACCESSIBILITY OF SAFETY-AT-WORK ASSESSMENT AFTER 12 YEARS
Krešimir Telebec
; Zavod za istraživanje i razvoj sigurnosti, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
Twelve years after the incurrence of the obligation to acquire the Safety-at-work Assessment, approximately 18.5% of companies under this obligation still do not possess a copy of the document. The causes of this problem and proposals for remedying it are currently under discussion.
The purpose of the document is to enable workers to participate in the system of workplace safety and protection within their companies by cooperating with their representatives and occupational safety committees. In approximately 25% of all companies no workers’ participation has been initiated, and in those companies that did implement it – approximately 27% – the workers have not been supplied with the Safety-at-work Assessment. This means that in approximately 50% of companies workers participate of their own will, as they are in no way officially obligated to do so.
Discussions are being conducted on the manner in which workers could individually be acquainted with the hazards and risks at the workplace, which is strictly outlined in the document. It is also proposed that a set of written instructions for every worker be made as an offprint of the Safety-at-work Assessment document.
Keywords
safety-at-work assessment; workers’ participation
Hrčak ID:
45338
URI
Publication date:
22.12.2009.
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