IMPROVING OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AT A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ON THE BASIS OF A RISKBASED APPROACH

Abstract

Modern approaches to organizing occupational health and safety management system were justified by the example of a construction company whose production activity is related to provision of generalpurpose construction and installation  assembly services on the construction market and the building of engineering infrastructure facilities. The advisability of organizing this system on the principles of a risk-based approach was summarized. The emphasis was placed on the fact that risk management is crucial to effective realization of construction projects because they are, in essence, exposed to a wide range of uncertainties.Structural safety and personnel safety have a paramount importance for successful construction project. Safety issues must be taken into account from the design stage to the completion and handover of the structure.  Risk identification, risk assessment and implementation of necessary risk management remedies, such as identification of actions are aimed to minimize the risk by submission of proposals for its prevention or minimization, were proposed on the basis of analysis of the constructioncompany activities to achieve its strategic plans and prevent or minimize the impact of risks on business processes. The work-related characteristics of builders which require a certain approach to solving safety problems and modern approaches of scientists to identification a control system at enterprises and risk management processes were analyzed. A professional workplace risk assessment is an important step to achieving the appropriate level of safety, including decision support in safety programs. Hazards and risks for office workers and builders were analyzed. It is established that the main advantage of implementation of a risk-based approach is efficiently managing the business processes, expanding anddeveloping production capacity in construction in general. Understanding and managing interconnected processes like a system will facilitate effectiveness and efficiency of a construction company in achieving planned results.