Human factor and technical conditions in the process of shaping safety work – synergy effect

Abstract

Safe work conditions are becoming more and more essential for the proper functioning of an enterprise. Providing safety in a manufacturing enterprise is a complex process and depends on numerous systems. Despite mutual penetration of systems of various levels of complexity, a human is the final link of a safety system, at the same time being an addressee of the results of the operation of such a system. A human is a superior factor in the functioning of each enterprise and proper operation of each company depends on his/her knowledge, attitude and views. When searching for reasons of a low level of occupational safety, some features characterising an enterprise do not have a character of reasons when regarded individually. However, when other circumstances occur, they can lead to the risk of employees’ loss of life or health, lower production quality or a negative influence on the environment. Thus, we have to assume that abnormalities in enterprise functioning occur as a result of combined events and coincidences, i.e. the overlap of symptoms, which causes the effect of negative synergy. The main aim of the work was to search for a relationship between the state of occupational safety and the correlation between expenditures on increasing people’s awareness and expenditures on technical means. Studies were carried out on statistical data concerning investment expenditures and expenditures on accident prevention and they were correlated with the accident index. A correlation was found between expenditures on technical safety means, accident prevention and accident index. It is a symptom of the positive effect of a synergy in the area of providing occupational safety.