Risk assessment in construction safety and health at work

Abstract

The primary purpose of risk assessment is preventive observation and to prevent work-related injuries, occupational diseases, and all other work-related illnesses. It is known that occupational safety and health is an integral and non-separable part of the organization of work and the performance of all work processes. It is achieved through the application of safety measures at work, prescribed, contracted and in practice enforced by security measures that have undergone their application and verification. This is in a word a set of activities that define workplace safety. The application of risk assessment directly affects safety and health and the protection of the working and environment.

Osnovna svrha izrade procene rizika je preventivno sagledavanje i sprečavanje povreda na radu, profesionalnih bolesti kao i svih drugih bolesti u vezi sa radom. Poznato je da je bezbednost i zdravlje na radu sastavni i ne razdvojivi deo organizacije rada i izvođenja svih radnih procesa. Ona se ostvaruje primenom mera bezbednosti na radu, propisanim, ugovorenim i u praksi provrenim merama bezbednosti koje su doživele svoju primenu i proveru. To je jednom rečju skup aktivnosti pomoću kojih je definisana bezbednost na radu. Primenom procene rizika direktno se utiče na bezbednost i zdravlje i zaštitu radne i životne sredine.