The Importance and Management of Occupational Health and Safety in Chemical Industry Enterprises
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The paper focuses on the issues of health and safety management in chemical industry enterprises. First, the significance of health and safety management for chemical industry enterprises is presented, followed by approaches to this area, including the selected results that have been achieved since 1998 within European chemical industry. Attention is primarily paid to the occupational health protection and safety issues in chemical industry enterprises in the Czech Republic. The paper is based on the results of researches conducted in 2005 and 2008. In the paper, the progress in implementation of Health and Safety Management Systems (HSMS) is presented and approaches to health and safety management in small and large chemical industry enterprises are discussed.
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