Master E.V. Komleva

Karaganda State Technical University, Kazakhstan

 

Problems of  labor safety at the coal enterprises of Karaganda city

 

Whereas the lawmaking at protection sphere and working conditions is carried out  taking into account modern lines and as a whole corresponds to requirements of conventions of the International Organization of Work, it is necessary to ascertain that the question about labor safety and safety at enterprises, working costs to a guarantee of the labor and social rights is very much and very sharply.

For the today's industry mass application of out-of-date technologies, and also cars and the equipment with constructive lacks is characteristic.

The condition of basic production assets, the natural factor, labor discipline at enterprises with all evidence show that there is real threat of failures and accidents, and also human and economic losses.

It means that the failures sustaining human losses, will happen in increasing frequency.

Figures and the facts testify that the enterprises turn to "flashpoints" more and more. So, in group accidents was lost 101 persons, 14 - were traumatised, 23 – are not found for five years at mines of the Karaganda coal basin. So at mine "Tenteksky" the material damage has made 890 000$ from explosion of the methane which has occurred on June, 2nd, 2010.

Though under the statistical data of the company «Arcelor Mittal» there is some decrease in the general traumatism, however traumatism level remains former. In relation to volume of real manufacture indicators of accidents and occupational diseases grow. During 2000-2007 at mine "Shahtinsky" has occurred 189 accidents, 26 - to a deadly outcome, 43 heavy.

Losses of working hours because of invalidity of victims have made 9634 man-days. As a whole in structure work-losses from time invalidity to 40 % it is caused by the diseases expressly or by implication connected with unsatisfactory working conditions.

Unsatisfactory working conditions attract stably high level of professional disease. For 7 years 54 persons of patients with for the first time revealed diagnosis of an occupational disease are registered.

The short analysis of accidents, which have occurred at coal-pit Kuu-Chekinsky shows that for 2004 14 accidents from which 1 – deadly, 3 heavy, 10 – lungs have been registered; victims: 1 women, 13 men. Frequency factor – number of the accidents which have come for last period of time on 1000 working, thus = 0,014 %.

For 2005 have been registered 20 accidents, which 1 heavy, 19 – lungs; victims: 1 women, 19 men. The frequency factor for 2005 is equal to 0,02 %.

For 2006 have been registered 12 accidents, which 1-deadly, 11 – lungs; victims: 1 women, 19 men. Concern of women’s condition of protection and working conditions.

Four women have suffered as a result of accidents for 2000-2007 at mine Shahtinsky, and 3 women at a coal-pit Kuu-Chekinsky for 2004-2006.

According to obligatory medical inspections, from third to half of women suffer the various industrial — the caused diseases.

Especially sharply there is a problem of work improvement of pregnant women. The system of employment of pregnant women for work with easier and safe working conditions is almost liquidated, decrease in performance standards by it and service is stopped.

Besides, it is necessary to note such circumstance as deterioration in the country of a demographic situation, growth of infantile and parent death rate.

One more serious problem in labor safety sphere is deterioration of maintenance working as special clothes, footwear and other means of an individual defence.

The spent checks have shown that volumes of output of domestic overalls, footwear and other means of an individual defence during the last years have sharply decreased. Manufacture of overalls for some industries is almost stopped.

The uncontrollable rise of prices for individual defence means has led to that the enterprises stop their acquisition or buy cheap not certificated protective production. And as result — occurrence of the numerous handicraft works which are letting out overalls, not meeting the requirements of norms and not providing protection against harmful and dangerous factors.

Employers do not accept effectual measures on maintenance of healthy and safe working conditions, being limited to payment of privileges and indemnifications for work in harmful and dangerous working conditions in the industry.

Differently, by means of preferential payments and pensions of workers in most cases compel to be reconciled with dangerous and harmful working conditions which bring a huge damage, both to health of the person, and the state.

So at coal department "Borly" percentage surcharges to tariff rates in sizes from 4 to 12 % receive 52 trades for harmful working conditions.

All listed above problems set thinking deeply and to search for mechanisms and ways of their decision. Therefore updating and perfection of standard legal base, coining bases for creation of the mechanism of economic interest of the employer in creation and maintenance on manufacture of safe working conditions is necessary, the work security status remains unsatisfactory. The certificate to they - rates of increasing of a traumatism and professional disease, and also growth of physical inability of able-bodied age.

The main objective of the given research is strengthening of a social partnership role in the decision of problems at the field of a labor safety, creation of the mechanism of social protection of workers in the form of the balanced system of the state and market regulators and strengthening of a trade unions role at control system of a labor safety.

 

Literature:

1. Estimation of industrial risks on the basis of safety criteria for labor safety control systems at manufacture / The report of research work. Akimbekov A.K., Kharkovskiy V.S., Plotnikov V.M.

2. Rules of carrying out of workplace certification on working conditions ¹203 – p. from 23.08.2007.