Risks assessment in terms of OHS for critical power infrastructures in context of industrial safety

Abstract

The aim of occupational health and safety in the context of industrial safety is to provide the national industry with a proper operation state, an ergonomic, optimal and healthy work environment, safe workers and workplaces, safety of industrial processes, to limit and mitigate any unforeseen situation generated by events which might negatively affect the occupational health and safety level. The current paper approaches the risk assessment in terms of occupational health and safety within a cross-border 400/220 kV power substation interconnected to the European power grid, identified and assigned as European critical infrastructure. The assessment is carried out using the INCDPM Bucharest method, in order to establish the risk/safety levels in a quantitative manner, based on a systemic analysis and on the assessment of risks of accidents and professional diseases. The application of the method ends in a workplace assessment sheet which comprises the global risk level of the power substation and which sets the grounds for the plan for preventing accidents and professional diseases within the analysed power substation.