Management of health, safety and wellbeing of employees in the business system

Abstract

Risk assessment and the implementation of measures for a healthy and safe work before the employee starts working, is the basic principle of the prevention of occupational injuries, occupational diseases and diseases related to work. Bearing that in mind, the goal of this paper is to describe the activities of employers and employees in the field of health, safety and wellbeing of employees in a particular business system as well as to measure progress in safety management by analysing data on occupational injuries, occupational diseases and diseases related to work. The research conducted in this paper is based on information and data collected from the public company 'Vojvodinašume' and on the description from literature sources. For the purpose of processing the collected data, we used descriptive statistical methods and the data proper are presented graphically and in tabular form in order to facilitate analysis and comparison. Results of the research showed that the number of occupational injuries in the public company 'Vojvodinašume' in the period from 2004 to 2013 reduced, particularly the number of minor injuries. However, the public company 'Vojvodinašume', in addition to reducing the number of minor injuries, is obliged to eliminate major and fatal occupational injuries, as well as to enable effective prevention of the occurrence of occupational diseases and diseases related to work.

Procena rizika i primena mera za zdrav i bezbedan rad pre početka rada zaposlenog na radnom mestu, jeste osnovni princip prevencije od povreda na radu, profesionalnih oboljenja i oboljenja u vezi sa radom. Imajući to u vidu, cilj ovog rada je da prikaže aktivnosti poslodavca i zaposlenih u oblasti zdravlja, bezbednosti i dobrobiti zaposlenih u konkretnom poslovnom sistemu i da se analizom podataka o povredama na radu, profesionalnim oboljenjima i oboljenjima u vezi sa radom izmeri napredak u upravljanju bezbednošću. Sprovedena istraživanja u ovom radu zasnovana su na informacijama i podacima prikupljenim iz javnog preduzeća 'Vojvodinašume' i na opisu iz literaturnih izvora. Za obradu prikupljenih podataka korišćeni su deskriptivni statistički metodi, a sami podaci predstavljeni su grafički i tabelarno u cilju njihove lakše analize i komparacije. Rezultati sprovedenog istraživanja pokazali su da se broj povreda na radu u javnom preduzeću 'Vojvodinašume' u periodu od 2004. do 2013. godine smanjio i to naročito lakih povreda. Međutim, javno preduzeće 'Vojvodinašume' pored smanjivanja broja lakših povreda, ima posebnu obavezu da eliminiše teže i smrtne povrede na radu, kao i da omogući da efektna preventiva spreči pojavu profesionalnih oboljenja i oboljenja u vezi sa radom.