Select the requested Occupational Safety and Health service:
- Training of workers for safe work
- Training of employers and authorized persons for occupational safety and health
- Preparation of risk assessment at work
- Preparation of hazard assessment for computer workstations
- Preparation of occupational safety documents
- Preparation of evacuation and rescue plans
- Testing of work equipment
- Testing the functionality of electrical installations
- Testing the efficiency of ventilation and air conditioning systems and equipment
- Testing of the work environment
- Performing occupational safety tasks
- Minimum Technical Requirements - MTR
- Occupational Safety and Health Coordinator
Specialist for this service is:
Branimir Milanković
Head of Sales and Marketing Department
with over 15 years of experience
+385 (1) 28 52 117
+385 95 364 54 59
branimir.milankovic@anparo.hr
What is occupational health and safety?
Occupational health and safety is a system of rules, principles, measures, procedures, and activities organized and applied to ensure and improve workplace safety and health, with the aim of preventing workplace risks, work-related injuries, occupational diseases, work-related illnesses, as well as other material and non-material damages related to work.
Occupational health and safety, as a systematically organized action, is an integral part of work organization and the execution of work procedures, which employers implement by applying basic, specific, and recognized occupational health and safety rules in accordance with general principles of prevention.
What is the purpose of occupational health and safety?
The purpose of occupational health and safety is to provide all employees with working conditions that are free from life-threatening and health-harming hazards, aiming to prevent injuries, professional illnesses, and other related illnesses, or at least mitigate their consequences.
When it comes to ensuring and implementing safe working conditions, training employees to work safely plays a significant role. Occupational health and safety is an ongoing process, so training needs to be continuously conducted in line with new information, especially regarding the use of tools and equipment for work that are constantly evolving.
Regardless of the legal obligation to provide training, it is worth investing effort in learning the basics of occupational health and safety, as well as practical actions for safe working since it could be a matter of your life and the lives of your colleagues.
Cost of Occupational Health and Safety
As mentioned at the beginning of this text, occupational health and safety involve a series of activities carried out by an authorized occupational health and safety company on behalf of the client. Given that these activities encompass various tasks and require a certain amount of time, the cost of occupational health and safety, in general, is not predefined. The cost of occupational health and safety can be estimated, but the actual cost or fee for conducting occupational health and safety can only be determined after considering all the necessary activities required for the client's business process or specific one-time project.
If you are interested in the cost of occupational health and safety services that you need, please feel free to contact us using any of the contact methods provided below, or request a call, and we will get in touch with you. A quotation will be on your table as soon as possible!
Occupational Health and Safety Expert
An employer is obligated to identify and perform occupational health and safety tasks in accordance with risk assessment, the state of occupational health and safety, and the number of employees.
An employer who employs up to and including 49 employees can perform occupational health and safety tasks themselves if they meet the prescribed conditions, or they can contract these tasks through an employment contract with an occupational health and safety expert. An employer who employs 50 to including 249 employees is required to contract the performance of occupational health and safety tasks through an employment contract with an occupational health and safety expert. An employer who employs 250 or more employees is required to contract the performance of occupational health and safety tasks through an employment contract with one or more occupational health and safety experts.
An employer can contract the performance of occupational health and safety tasks with an authorized person only when, for objective and justified reasons, they are unable to perform these tasks themselves, or hire one or more occupational health and safety experts.
Multiple employers operating at the same location can mutually contract the organization and implementation of occupational health and safety by employing a joint occupational health and safety expert or establish a joint occupational health and safety service, applying the prescribed criteria for the number of employees and other prescribed criteria.
Occupational Health and Safety Report
An occupational health and safety report is a fundamental document when implementing procedures and activities that, when applied in general, achieve and apply the safety of employees and the protection of health at work. The client commissions an occupational health and safety report. Occupational health and safety reports are created for business activities' buildings. They are not required for buildings of a private nature.
An Employer is Obliged to Organize and Implement Occupational Health and Safety
The law establishes the subjects, their rights, obligations, and responsibilities regarding the implementation of occupational health and safety, as well as a system of occupational health and safety rules that, when applied, achieve the highest possible prevention of workplace injuries, occupational diseases, other work-related illnesses, and protection of the working environment.
An employer is obliged to organize and implement occupational health and safety, taking into account risk prevention, as well as informing, training, organization, and resources. They are also required to carry out prevention in all work procedures, work organization, and management of work procedures, ensuring the highest possible level of occupational health and safety for employees. In organizing the work process and assigning tasks to workers, the employer must consider the workers' capabilities that can affect occupational health and safety.
To improve worker safety and health, the employer is obligated to enhance the level of occupational health and safety and align work procedures with changes and advancements in technology, healthcare, ergonomics, and other scientific and professional fields. They must organize them to reduce workers' exposure to hazards, harmful factors, and stress, especially exposure to monotonous work, work with imposed rhythms, and work based on performance within a specified time (normed work), to prevent workplace injuries, occupational diseases, and work-related illnesses.
Especially sensitive groups for which the employer is obligated to provide special occupational health and safety protection include underage workers, pregnant workers, workers who have recently given birth, breastfeeding workers, workers with occupational diseases, and workers with reduced work capacity or a direct risk of reduced work capacity.
Training workers to work safely plays a significant role in the system of ensuring safe working conditions. Every worker must acquire knowledge and skills to create conditions where there is no danger to their own life, as well as the lives and health of other workers.
Authorized Persons for Occupational Health and Safety
The employer can delegate the implementation of occupational health and safety to an authorized person in writing and inform them in writing. The employer must provide the authorized person with working conditions and must not put them at a disadvantage due to activities in line with occupational health and safety rules or actions in accordance with professional rules and the employer's authorization.
Workers are obliged to undergo training to work safely when directed by the employer. They are also responsible for performing their duties with due care and consideration for their own safety and health, as well as the safety and health of other workers, which may be endangered by their actions or omissions at work. Workers are considered to exercise due care when they perform their duties in accordance with the knowledge and skills acquired during safety training and follow the instructions of the employer or their authorized person.
Workers must collaborate with the employer, the authorized person, the occupational health and safety expert, the workers' representative for occupational health and safety, and the occupational health specialist in resolving all occupational health and safety issues, especially until it is ensured that the work environment and working conditions do not pose risks to safety and health. Workers are not obliged to bear the costs related to the implementation of occupational health and safety rules and health measures.
Workers must immediately inform the employer, the authorized person, the occupational health and safety expert, or the workers' representative for occupational health and safety about any fact that they believe poses an immediate risk to safety and health, as well as any other deficiencies in the occupational health and safety system. Workers have the right to refuse to work and leave the workplace if there is an imminent risk to life and health until the employer takes corrective measures, and they must not suffer adverse consequences for such actions.
