PROJECT FOR PREPARING A RISK ASSESSMENT WITH A SAFETY STATEMENT IN COMPANY XY

The concept of safety and health at work, by its very content and purpose, means the rights and obligations of the employer to ensure, in accordance with the law and regulations, a level of safety and health at work that corresponds to the environment and nature of the work, and to enable the worker the maximum possible degree of psychophysical and health safety. In doing so, the employer simultaneously continuously improves the existing state or level of safety at work. Around the world, the level of safety has long been regarded as one of the most obvious indicators of the quality and business reliability of a company, which significantly influences the acquisition of the highest quality personnel and business opportunities. (Summarised from Analysis and Assessment of Safety at Work Evaluation, ZVD, Ljubljana, 1996).

Problem

The concept of safety and health at work, by its very content and purpose, means the rights and obligations of the employer to ensure, in accordance with the law and regulations, a level of safety and health at work that corresponds to the environment and nature of the work, and to enable the worker the maximum possible degree of psychophysical and health safety. In doing so, the employer simultaneously continuously improves the existing state or level of safety at work. This does not represent a cost to the employer, but rather is part of investing in safer and more modern technology, technical progress and consequently savings at all levels.

With technological progress, the attitude towards safety and health at work has changed. It has become an equal element of the entire economics of the company, as employers have learnt from experience that non-compliance or insufficient care brings greater risk from workers for obtaining rights from social insurance, which uninsured, insufficiently safe work causes. All these consequences affect the cost of labour, the employer itself and consequently its competitiveness.

The care devoted to safety and health at work increases the level of work culture, so this is much more in the company than just reducing labour costs. Namely, orderliness, satisfaction at work, productivity and profit increase, as do the sense of security, responsibility, belonging; in short, the overall quality of work and thinking is greater.

Results

Around the world, the level of safety has long been regarded as one of the most obvious indicators of the quality and business reliability of a company, which significantly influences the acquisition of the highest quality personnel and business opportunities. (Summarised from Analysis and Assessment of Safety at Work Evaluation, ZVD, Ljubljana, 1996). In my diploma thesis, I present the risk assessment and safety statement of company XY, and at the end I add a questionnaire that compares the implementation of the employer's obligations and reveals how workers perceive this directly.

"We can write and print thousands of papers, countless sentences, but in the end it will be the actions that will show how much they are worth."