The goal of occupational safety is to prevent work accidents and occupational illnesses. Both the employer and the employee need to work together to achieve this goal.
Duties of the occupational safety specialist:
With the cooperation of our employees who have a degree in occupational safety technology or occupational safety engineering, we undertake to carry out the professional activities defined in Act XCIII of 1993 in the following areas:
- Execution of tasks for companies and businesses
- Coordination of occupational safety regulations
- Maintenance, inspection
- Comprehensive workplace risk assessment
- Distribution of protective equipment
- Determining work safety content
- Conducting occupational safety trainings
- Conducting preliminary inspections
- Periodic safety inspections
- Investigation of work accidents
- Checking tools and technologies
Within the framework of occupational safety coordination, the employee and the occupational safety representative are informed about the risks affecting health and safety and its prevention measures in the context of work. An important part of the coordination is that the various work processes and simultaneously performed works must be taken into account before the construction work and their foreseeable duration must be determined in the interest of safe work. The implementation is defined by the parties in a contract. In its absence, the person exercising actual control responsible for the workplace bears it.
Occupational safety coordination includes the agreement between the client and the contractor, which includes the requirements and fulfillment of obligations imposed by work, health and fire safety regulations.
In occupational safety coordination, the contractor is obliged to execute the necessary measures to fulfill his obligations contained in Act XCIII of 1993 on Labor Safety and in Decree No. 4/2002. 20th of February SzCsM-EüM during the fulfillment of the order. Compliance with and assumption of responsibility for the requirements during the construction site and work processes. It also ensures the work and fire safety training of workers. It provides protection in the job filled by workers with protective equipment and continuous supervision of their use. To take all necessary measures with full responsibility in the interest of workers’ safety, taking into account changing circumstances. Striving for continuous improvement of circumstances. In case of danger, it is obliged to take all necessary precautions, to evacuate the workplace on the designated fire protection route. Depending on the number and activity of the employer, provide health care service.
Violation of occupational safety measures:
The occupational safety administration fines those natural persons or persons who violate the measures related to the performance of work and health safety defined in their scope of duties. The law states that the person or organization responsible for implementing the coordination obligation who fails to fulfill the requirements and thereby endangers the life and physical integrity of the worker will be subject to court action by the occupational safety administration.
At workplaces where employees employed by various employers work, coordination must be ensured so that it does not pose a risk to those working there and those within its jurisdiction in any way. In the interest of coordination, employees and safety representatives must be informed about health and safety risks and prevention.
Not only the contractor, but also the actual controller or the person bearing responsibility is responsible for the coordination. People involved in occupational safety coordination can be customers, visitors, or residents. During work processes in an institution, workers who enter daily during renovation work are considered to be within the jurisdiction.
If multiple employees are working at the same time, coordination obligation is important in relation to employers and employees. The labor safety authority examines the content of contracts and which company the employee is working with.
Safety coordination experts carry out the administration of tasks arising from safety, safety inspections, machines declared dangerous, and the physical integrity of the workers, and the safe coordination of work done simultaneously.
