1.1.5. State standard acts of occupational safety

State Standard Acts of Occupational Safety (GSAOS) are rules, standards, norms, instructions and other documents having status of legislative standards obligate to fulfil. They may be Branch or General.

State General Standard Acts regulate all enterprises, companies, establishments and organizations irrespective to law of ownership and activity on the matter of occupational safety.

State Branch Standard Acts regulate all enterprises, companies, establishments and organizations, which belong to certain branch of industry.

1.1.6. Standard acts of occupational safety in enterprise

On the base of GSAOS owners of enterprises, companies, establishments and organizations workout their own instructions, rules and standard acts of occupational safety.

Basic standard acts within enterprise are:

• Statute of Occupational Safety Management;

• Statute of Occupational Safety Service;

• Statute of Commission of Occupational Safety;

• Statute of instruction, training and supervision of employees on the matter of occupational safety;

• Statute of initial and periodical medical examination of employees;

• list of works with high risk.

1.1.7. General duty of care and responsibilities

All employers, employees and self-employed persons have a duty of care towards their own, and others' safety and health at their workplace. Noncompliance with legislative requirements may pose common, administrative, criminal responsibilities in accordance to art. 49 of Occupational Safety Law of Ukraine.

Common responsibility foresees such penalty as admonition, firing (art. 47 of LCU). Person guilty in breaking regulations can have only one penalty posed for every case.

Administrative responsibility is posed to reasonable person, who broke occupational safety legislation in the way of money penalty. The right to pose administrative responsibility is given to delegates of Governmental Inspection of Occupational Safety.

Material responsibility may be posed to as employee as employer. It’s posed for direct damage and in condition of having evidence that person action was illegal. This responsibility is limited by some part of salary and can never be greater. Employer should recover damage caused by unsafe working environment to employee in sum of lost salary, one-time financial support, additional expenses for medical treatment, in case of fatal consequence of accident employer should give financial support to family of victim and for burial.

Criminal responsibility is posed when noncompliance with occupational safety legislation caused risk at working environment. Criminal responsibility is stated by curt.

1.1.8. International cooperation in occupational safety

International cooperation in Occupational Safety covers following directions:

• world experience exchange improving safety;

• consulting with world experts and technical assistance to improve legislation and standards of occupational safety;

• arranging and participation in international scientific and practical conferences and symposiums;

• world training of specialists.

Effective cooperation has been arranged between Ukraine and International Labor Organization. Cooperation with European Alliance is now in the progress. System of Occupational Safety Standards is worked out in active cooperation with countries in CIS.