“Vision Zero” Concept as a Tool for the Effective Occupational Safety Management System Formation in JSC “SUEK-Kuzbass”

Abstract

At present, in Russia, as in many countries, the issues of reducing industrial injuries, as well as increasing the effectiveness of measures taken by employers in the field of industrial safety and introducing a culture of safe work, are widely discussed. The relevance of the topic is due to the fact that Russia is a participant in the Vision Zero campaign, founded by the International Social Security Association (ISSA) and the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). The article discusses the history of the emergence and development of the Vision Zero strategy from the corporate to the international level, provides the goals and objectives of the concept of “zero injuries”, studies the indicators of its implementation, and analyzes injuries at coal enterprises of the Russian Federation. As a result, a methodology for solving the tasks in the form of a list of necessary measures and target indicators of their achievement was proposed based on the example of one of the largest coal companies—JSC “SUEK-Kuzbass”. Based on the results of studies, the main conclusion has been formulated—the “Vision Zero” concept is an effective tool to promote an effective occupational safety management system.

Methodology of a comprehensive risk assessment of the degree of geodynamic hazard of the state of the Earth’s crust block during the development of coal deposits

“…However, according to the author, such an approach (1) and ( 2) does not fully reflect the solution of the problem of ensuring the geodynamic safety of the development of the subsoil of coal deposits, so he proposes the following criterion [19]. Where r -risk of the degree of geodynamic hazard of the earth's crust blocks' state of different ranks.…”

Assessment of the efficiency of occupational safety culture management in fuel and energy companies

“…That is why, under regular changes in national and international requirements of the regulatory framework on labour protection, fuel and energy companies consistently take measures aimed at preserving the life and health of workers as the greatest values [1,2]. The fact that Russia joined the international movement of zero accident reasonably confirms the readiness of the state to transform the available management mechanisms taking into account global practice and is a necessary condition for the progressive and safe development of the country [3][4][5].…”

“…Each of these models is based on the experience of many leading companies and demonstrates the evolution stages of occupational safety management system. Thus, for example, DuPont contains over two million questionnaires in its database covering a wide range of industries in 45 countries and over 10.000 enterprises, which allow visualizing the results of assessing the company's key safety culture indicators in the form of a Bradley curve 3 and comparing with other companies of the industry. The questionnaire contains 24 questions in three blocks: leadership, process and actions, and structure.…”

“…• building an effective system of motivation for safe labour [3,48,49]; • automation of processes in occupational safety culture. Table 2 presents a fragment of the drawn-up plan for the direction "Development of leadership competencies".…”

Improvement of Working Conditions of Mining Workers by Reducing Nitrogen Oxide Emissions during Blasting Operations

“…The need to reduce harmful emissions in the air of working areas in open pits complimented by a significant excess of maximum permissible concentrations is described in the works of foreign scientists [31][32][33]. A lot of academic specialists have studied the risk-based approach to the exploitation of hazardous production facilities and have proposed the use of methods of spatial risk analysis [34] and the concept of "Vision Zero" [35]. The dependence of the safety of blasting operations and production efficiency and economic indicators of the products is unconditional [36].…”