OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND COAL INDUSTRY WORKERS SAFETY LEVEL FORECASTING METHODS BASED ON THE PRODUCTION RISK MANAGEMENT FORECAST
The article describes the system of coal industry employees’ safety provision on production risks management forecast basis in order to prevent hazardous production factor manifestations at the workplace, coal extraction and processing enterprises personnel injury and death. The statistical and potential risks of industrial situations associated with the manifestation of hazardous production factors that threaten to harm the health of employees are considered. The formulas for calculating the risks at the workplace, as well as a technique that allows to connect these measures (labor protection and safety provision system) with the possible and the actual risk of occupational hazards and death (injuries) to the workers there. This technique is easy to use and can be used both by the owners of enterprises for the extraction and processing of coal, and by the state control and supervision bodies.