More than 210 organizations in the Vitebsk region have implemented an occupational safety and health management system since the beginning of the year

July 31, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. In the Vitebsk region, 211 organizations have implemented a labor protection management system in accordance with STB 18001-2009 since the beginning of the year, the labor, employment and social protection committee of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee informed BELTA. Serious attention is paid in the region to the issue of implementing a labor protection management system (LPMS) in accordance with the requirements of the state standard STB 18001-2005(2009) "Labor protection management systems. Requirements". At the same time, out of more than 12 thousand enterprises and organizations, only 1.5 thousand, or 13% of the total number, have LPMS that comply with the requirements of the national standard STB 18001-2009. The smallest number of organizations that have implemented this standard are located in the Vitebsk (12), Liozno (10), Tolochin (18), Polotsk (22), and Shumilino (23) districts, and in terms of cities - in Polotsk (78). "Heads of enterprises and organizations need to pay special attention and take exhaustive measures to intensify the implementation and improvement of LPMS, as well as to staff their personnel with qualified labor protection specialists," the committee emphasized. To stimulate the activities of employers and labor collectives in creating healthy and safe working conditions, state administration bodies held labor protection reviews and competitions in the first half of the year, in which over 680 organizations of the region participated. The winner of the nomination among non-production organizations was the Vitebsk State Technological University. Among production organizations with a staff of up to 100 employees, the winner was "Rossony DRSU-109", a branch of KUP "Vitebskoblodorstroy". Among production organizations with a staff of 101 to 500 employees, the Orsha Experimental Mechanical Plant "Metalist" was recognized as the best, and for those with over 500 employees - KUP "Polotskvodokanal". In total, expenditures on labor protection measures in the first half of the year in the Vitebsk region amounted to Br57.7 billion. The funds were directed towards the purchase of personal protective equipment, workwear, training of specialists, milk, and workplace re-equipment.