CONTROL OF THE RISK OF INJURY CAUSED BY DEVIATIONS OF THE PRODUCTION PROCESS FROM SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

Abstract

The article presents the results of many years of
research on deviations of the production process
from safety requirements as the main cause of industrial injuries at mining enterprises. The increased risk of injury is due to two factors: a large
number of violations and low efficiency of the production control system. It is practically impossible
to eliminate these factors by traditional measures
to improve production safety – it is almost impossible to improve mining equipment and technology,
therefore it is necessary to control the risk of injury
caused by deviations of the production process
from safety requirements. Control is possible
through appropriate improvement of the organization and management of mining operations. To do
this, first, the main causes of violations were identified and analyzed, as well as situations were analyzed in which an employee is highly likely to commit them. Based on this analysis, we propose
measures to prevent violations. An analysis of accidents that occurred due to deviations of the production process from safety requirements was carried out, it help us to identify critical complex of
violations, which lead to a sharp increase of the
risk of injury. We propose to exclude the formation
of such assemblage by reducing the time for eliminating violations of safety requirements, as well as
controlling their recurrence after their elimination.
The studies carried out made it possible to differentiate deviations into groups according to the reasons for their occurrence, the time for their elimination and the frequency of recurring. A differentiated approach is the basis of the control mechanism.
The control mechanism has to include 3 procedures: prevention of deviations, their elimination,
and exclusion of the formation of dangerous aggregates. The functioning of the mechanism for
controlling the risk of injury caused by deviations of the production process from safety requirements
is to be carried out through a smart system and a
production control system.