We are convinced that every employer dreams of having a profitable business that would each year reach ever new summits and perspectives, having qualified and reliable staff where everyone occupies the right place, performs to 100% and enjoys working as part of a giant mechanism that moves toward a common goal. To achieve this, first of all it is necessary to provide one’s subordinates with a comfortable safe workplace by creating optimum working conditions and minimizing harmful and dangerous production factors which can adversely affect the health of employees and therefore their lives.

According to the Law of Ukraine “On Occupational Safety”, the conditions in the workplace, the safety of production processes, machines, mechanisms, equipment and other means of production, the condition of collective and individual protection means, as well as sanitary conditions must meet the requirements of the law. The employer must create all necessary conditions to ensure safe work of the employees, including ensuring that machines, mechanisms and equipment are in good working order, greatly increasing thereby the comfort of an individual worker and, consequently, the efficiency of the whole enterprise.

Technical inspection and expert survey enable to determine the technical condition, terms and time limits of further safe operation of machines, mechanisms and high-threat equipment taking into account the operating mode, and to determine the need for their repair, upgrade, reconstruction or decommissioning.

According to the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine “On Approval of the Procedure for Issuance of Permits for Performing High Danger Works and Operation (Use) of Machines, Mechanisms and High Threat Facilities” dated October 26, 2011 No. 1107 and the Law of Ukraine “On Occupational Safety”, the employee must stop operating machines, mechanisms and high-threat facilities in case of absence of technical inspection or expert assessment or discovery of defects that affect its safe operation.

Employees who work in difficult and hazardous working conditions have certain benefits: they are provided free of charge with medical and preventive nutrition, are entitled to paid sanitary and health breaks, reduction of working hours, additional paid leave, preferential pension, wages in the increased amount, and other compensations. To make all calculations correctly (extra leave days leave and a percentage of extra payment for work in harmful and difficult conditions), plan technical and organizational measures aimed at optimization of working conditions and nature of work, a qualified certification of workplaces is required according to the Procedure for certification of workplaces with regard to work conditions approved by the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated August 1, 1992 No. 442.