THE MAIN DIRECTIONS OF ACCIDENT RISK MANAGEMENT IN KAZAKHSTAN

Abstract

According to the World Health Organization, accident prevention is one of the most important problems in many countries. Accidents lead to the loss of human resources, that is, to disability, deterioration of a person's social status, quality of life and premature death. In addition, every accident that occurred as a result of poor working conditions causes huge material damage to the state.

The main purpose of this article is to analyze statistical data on accidents related to the working conditions of workers employed in the sectors of the economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, to consider the main factors and causes of accidents and to justify the directions of prevention.

The cognitive method, the method of statistical analysis and synthesis were used as the research method. A review of domestic and foreign scientific works on accidents was carried out, an analysis of scientific sources was carried out.

In the study, based on the analysis of hazardous production factors and causes of accidents, recommendations are given to reduce the risks of death and serious injury of workers at work, in particular, the authors propose to improve working conditions, increase workers' knowledge of occupational safety, improve the quality of equipment used in production and strengthen labor discipline.