The method of assessing occupational risk based on the materials of a special assessment of working conditions

Abstract

Occupational risk assessment is one of the necessary procedures of the occupational health and safety management system. The purpose of the research is to develop a method for assessing occupational risk adapted to the procedure for assessing working conditions and the implementation of the proposed method in the management of occupational health and safety of the enterprise. The article proposes a method for assessing occupational risk, which includes compilation of a list of risk-forming factors influencing working conditions; determination of probability and damage weighting coefficients in accordance with the classes of working conditions; calculation of occupational risk in the workplace; distribution of assessment results by significance based on the risk ranking scale and development of appropriate measures to reduce the impact of risk in the workplace. The result of the research is to develop an accessible and practical-oriented method for determining occupational risk based on data from a special assessment of working conditions, which are mandatory reporting documents and characterise the actual state of working conditions at the enterprise.

Keywords

• occupational risk
• special assessment of working conditions
• weighting factors
• risk-forming factor
• occupational safety management system