Management of preventive measures and injuries in the workplace

• Pages: 175-183

Vol. 7 No. 2

July, 2021

ISSN 2410-3918

Acces online at www.iipccl.org

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Academic Journal of Business, Administration, Law and Social Sciences

IIPCCL Publishing, Graz-Austria

Management of preventive measures and injuries in the workplace

Prof. Ass. Dr. Sherif Sejdiu

College “Business” Pristina/ Kosovo

Prof. ass. dr. Fadil Osmani

University “Kadri Zeka” Gjilan/Kosovo

PhD (C.) Bahri Rexha

College “Business” Pristina/Kosovo

Abstract

Thekeypurposeofthispaperistopresentsomeassessmentsidentifyingthemwithrisksin

theworkplaceintheRepublicofKosovoandassessingtheirdegreeofrisk,andidentifying

opportunities and needs for prevention, risk reduction, response, recovery and avoiding the

consequencesofinjuriesatwork.The continuous and increasing evolution of natural and

industrialhazards,theemergence of new hazards of modern society make it necessary to

adapt the structures of defense services at work and apply precautionary measures. Both

in every country and in Kosovo, regardless of their status. In order to improve the skills of

operational units that are called to intervene against various risks, it is necessary to have a

training structure and an operational organization that can do a theoretical-structural training

ingeneralandininparticularapracticaltrainingwhichwillenableacoverageofallexisting

risksbycoveringtheseserviceswithtoolsandequipmentaswehaveproposedduringvarious

researches.

Keywords: Prevention, Measures, Management, Risk, Injury, Caution, etc.

Introduction

Intermsofprotectionatwork,manydenitionsaregiven,butgeneralintroduction.

Protectionatworkisascienceinitselfwhichischaracterizedbythefactthatthemain

target is the human factor.

Occupational safety includes all the provisions, technical, health and social

measures that aim to provide the most appropriate conditions to prevent accidents

atwork,occupational diseasesandsomeothergeneral diseasesrelatedtothework

environment,whichhaveforthepurposeofprotectingthelifeandhealthofworkers.

The notion of protection at work in the broadest sense refers to the system of

measuresandmeansfortheprotectionofworkers,bothintermsoflaborlegislation

and in terms of application of technical, organizational and other measures in order

toprotect lifeandhealth ofworkers.Degradation oftheenvironment (hereinafter:

theenvironment)comesasaresultofdirectorindirectimpactofpollutantsaswell

as through human activities that have detrimental consequences on the quality of

the environment and the health of citizens. The impact of human activities on the

environment has reached critical thresholds under constant threat by also changing