Occupational Risk Assessment Centre
A structural unit of the Republican Research Institute for Occupational Safety of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan (RSE on the REM).
Our purpose
To provide expert and analytical services for modernising occupational safety management systems based on occupational risk assessment and the certification of workplaces.
Head of Centre
Yesbenbetova Zhanat Khalykovna
Areas of activity
Certification of workplaces based on working conditions
Occupational risk assessment
Certification results are used for
- Organisational and technical measures to improve working conditions and safety and bring workplaces into compliance with occupational health and safety regulations
- Assessing the actual state of the working environment and safety at workplaces
- Determining whether workers have adequate personal and collective protective equipment that matches their actual working conditions and meets the standards
- Confirming work in harmful or hazardous conditions, establishing the link between a disease and an occupation and diagnosing occupational diseases, including in court disputes
- Deciding whether to stop or suspend the operation of a facility or equipment, or to change the technology
- Preparing statistical reports on working conditions
- Setting the employer’s insurance rate when insuring workers against accidents at work
- Justifying pay, benefits and compensation for workers in harmful and hazardous conditions provided for by the labour legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Giving workers reliable information about working conditions, occupational safety, harmful factors and protective measures
Stages of occupational risk assessment
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Identifying hazards
Identifying harmful and hazardous factors: mechanical, physical, chemical, biological and psychophysiological.
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Assessing risks
Assessing harmful working conditions, injury risk at the workplace, equipment safety, provision of personal protective equipment and risk of illness.
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Documenting results
Completing forms and protocols and preparing a report.