Hazardous production facilities

Even in the most modern industries, unfortunately, there are industrial accidents. Avoid them (or at least minimize) the industrial safety, developed by the International Labor Organization in 1993, will help. In Russia, it is reflected in Federal Law No. 116-FZ of 21.07.1997 and is still in effect. Hazardous production facilities include, according to Article No. 2, sites and workshops where explosive, toxic, highly flammable substances are stored, used, manufactured or processed; Work is under the ground; The equipment operating at high temperatures and pressure is used; Lifting mechanisms are used. People who work at similar facilities are required to be regularly instructed.

The general measures of industrial safety (industrial safety) are stated in law No. 166 FZ. The obligations of organizations that operate hazardous production facilities include:

- compliance with the provisions of regulations and technical documents;
- obtaining a license;
- full staffing;
- admission to work only highly qualified persons who do not have any medical contraindications;
- conducting independent certification of their employees;
- control compliance with the PB;
- carrying out the survey and testing of the devices and structures used;
- Exclusion of admission to the object of unauthorized persons.

In addition, the enterprise must develop requirements for the storage of its products.

In turn, employees who have been taken to dangerous production facilities must necessarily:

- comply with all safety requirements reflected in regulatory technical documents and legal acts in force at the facility;
- to pass training (preparation) with the subsequent attestation;
- Immediately report incidents and accidents to management.

Qualification requirements are established in job descriptions and are reflected in tariff and qualification guides. For workers taken to hazardous production facilities, the requirements for mental contraindications are particularly elevated.

Heads of all such facilities are required to develop and approve a plan for localizing possible accidents and actions to eliminate their consequences. The duties of the employees include compulsory study of this plan, as well as attestation. We recommend classes with an imitation of an accident, during which practical experience is acquired and the acquired is fixed.

A necessary procedure for employers and owners of such facilities is compulsory insurance of hazardous objects. This is an integral part of risk management, since the owner is responsible for the health and life of his workers (as well as for causing damage to property). The law went into effect on 01.01.2012 (No. 225-FZ).

Any technogenic catastrophe can have irreversible consequences. And there is enough evidence for this. The costs of replenishing the damage for the majority of owners of production enterprises are exorbitant. That is why the state introduced mandatory insurance for those facilities whose activities are potentially dangerous for people and for nature.

Obligations of the policyholder and the rules for drawing up insurance contracts are clearly regulated by law and unified in all, without exception, insurance companies. Enterprises with the status of "dangerous" who have not received an insurance policy will not be given a work permit and will not issue a license. Violation of the law will result in a major fine.

The insurance policy can be purchased at any (at the option of the owner of the company) insurance company. Registration of insurance is possible only after an expert evaluation (the danger of the object is assessed) and the provision of all necessary documents.