On the Issue of the Effectiveness of the Occupational Safety Management System by Improving the Professional Competence of Specialized Specialists

This paper presents the results of an experiment assessing changes in the state of an occupational health and safety management system at an enterprise with low management motivation compared to an effectively functioning system by improving the professional competence of occupational health and safety specialists.

The paper characterizes the state of this system at the beginning and end of the experiment. The professional competence of occupational health and safety specialists at the enterprise was assessed using the author's method based on input criteria.

The increase in the professional competence of the subject matter specialist yielded the following results: an expansion of the list of production factors assessed; an increase in the proportion of employees who completed "real" rather than "formal" training and knowledge assessment; a solution to the problem of providing workers with effective personal respiratory protective equipment; and the participation of occupational health and safety specialists in thematic professional events.

1. Galkin, A. V. Scientific substantiation and development of a methodology for improving the reliability of the occupational safety system of a coal mining enterprise: specialty 05.26.01 "Occupational Safety (by industry)": dis. ... Doctor of Engineering Sciences / A. V. Galkin; – Kemerovo, 2020. - 279 p.

2. Sidelnikova, A. S. Analysis of the effectiveness of the occupational safety management system in an organization / A. S. Sidelnikova, N. V. Rumyantseva // Bulletin of the Scientific Center of the East Research Institute for Industrial and Environmental Safety. 2023. No. 1. pp. 73-85.

3. Bakiko, E. V. Assessment and forecasting of professional competence of specialists in the field of labor protection based on input criteria / E. V. Bakiko // information technologies and systems: management, economics, transport, law. 2019. No. 1 (33). Pp. 195-197.

4. Order of the Ministry of Labor of Russia dated October 29, 2021 No. 776n "On approval of the Model Regulations on the labor protection management system" URL: https://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_403335/ (date of access November 10, 2025).

5. Finochenko, Т. A Risk factor management system for the transportation process, determining its safety / T. A. Finochenko, L. V. Dergacheva // Bulletin of Tula State University. Technical sciences. – 2022. – No. 7. – P. 159-167. – DOI 10.24412/2071-6168-2022-7-159-167.

6. Vorobinskaya, L. I. Features of assessment and management of professional risks / L. I. Vorobinskaya, V. A. Finochenko. News of Tula University. Technical sciences. – Tula: No. 11, 2021. – P. 253-259– DOI 10.24412/2071-6168-2021-11-253-260.

7. Novikov, N. N. Accidents caused by human factors / N. N. Novikov, T. A. Finochenko // Works of the Rostov State Transport University. – 2024. – No. 2 (67). – P. 87-98.

8. Vorobinskaya, L. I. Analysis of methods for assessing potential risks in the field of labor protection of railway engineering enterprises / L. I. Vorobinskaya, V. A. Finochenko, T. A. Finochenko // Bulletin of Tula State University. Technical sciences. - 2022. – No. 7. – P. 234-238. – DOI 10.24412/2071-6168-2022-7-234-239.