Monitoring of High Risk Areas

Karl KuhnEU Twinning project

„Support to the State Labour Inspectorate Service (SLIS) in Occupational Health and Safety

(OHS) enhancement in the Republic of Azerbaijan” ( SUPSLIS)

Final Twinning conference, Baku 20th/21 of November

Final Twinning conference, Baku 20th/21 of November

OSH Monitoring is creation of information by system

All these initiatives strive to reach the goal of having as complete a picture as possible of occupational safety and health at the level chosen i.e. for

the purpose of “early warning”,

decision-making and

possible corrections.

Final Twinning conference, Baku 20th/21 of November

Aims and Goals of Monitoring

To target inspections (high risk, middle risk, low risk)

To frame debate (with stakeholdersTo set prioritiesTo plan the allocation of resources

(manpower, devices, time and budget)To convince politicians, stakeholders, social

partnersTo stimulate debate about actions neededTo measure output and the impact of

activitiesTo measure results and outcomesTo develop policies

Challenges for Az Challenges for the LI

High numbers of enterprisesUnderstaffed inspectorateDiversity of sectors and risksEmerging new risks due to rapid technological changeAging workforce

Questions to be answeredHow to optimize enforcement work and enhance performance of LI?How to allocate best the available resources?

National OSH day of Az on the 28th of April 2012

Final Twinning conference, Baku 20th/21 of November

OSH Monitoring Systems and databases

European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS)European Statistics on Accidents at Work (ESAW)European Occupational Diseases Statistics (EODS, European Risk Observatory

Final Twinning conference, Baku 20th/21 of November

Building up a Monitoring SystemsData availability is a critical issue when building up a monitoring

systemThe possibility of using data/information from various sources should be investigated, e. g.

Data collected by the Labour inspectorateExisting registers like the register of enterprisesOfficial statistics, e. g.

Labour statisticsAccident and injuriesOccupational diseasesDisability statisticsCompensations for harmful working conditionsStatistics for harmful working conditions...

National OSH day of Az on the 28th of April 2012

Az: Distribution of workers worked in harmful working conditions (2010)

23690 are employed in unhealthy working conditions (noise, vibration, air pollution) – the most in mining and manufacturing)

14,6% of persons in industry, 5,5 % in construction, 12,1% in transport, 1,6 in communication getting compensation for working in harmful labour conditions

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Work Accidentsin AZ

Final Twinning conference, Baku 20th/21 of November

How to identify High Risks

The better the monitoring system the better the identification of high risk areas (Rates of fatal accidents and severe accidents, Rates of severe injuries, early retirement etc).

Final Twinning conference, Baku 20th/21 of November

InspectorateIssues Monitored

Field visitsInspectionsInvestigationsConsultationsOrders issuedStop work ordersWork refusalsComplaintsProsecution statistics

Final Twinning conference, Baku 20th/21 of November

Australia

A national licence to perform high risk work (high risk work licence) is required to operate or use equipment such as forklifts, cranes, hoists and pressure equipment as well as for dogging, rigging and erecting scaffolding.

The new Licence is a small plastic card with photo identification (similar to a driver’s licence) which lists all the classes of high risk work that the holder is authorised to perform.

Final Twinning conference, Baku 20th/21 of November

Thank you for your attention!