Harmful Production Factor

A harmful production factor is a production factor that can lead to illness in an employee. It is distinguished from an occupational hazard that could result in injury or death to a worker.

Harmful production factors can be physical, chemical, biological and psychological. For example, noise, vibration, dust, chemicals, bacteria and viruses can cause illness in workers.

To prevent harmful production factors, it is necessary to comply with workplace safety standards, use personal protective equipment and regularly check the condition of equipment and working conditions.

Harmful production factors

Every day a person is exposed to various harmful factors. Our body has many systems that warn that something unwanted is happening, but it is not always possible to immediately escape from this danger.

In theory, a person adapts to all spheres of life, many of them become normal environmental conditions for him. However, we should not forget that the body is quite fragile and unstable, so various diseases affect it more and more often and, unfortunately, no adaptation fully protects against this.

Work activity is an integral part of the life of any modern person. Companies are looking for people who meet certain requirements, but most importantly, they need healthy workers and therefore impose a number of conditions and rules. In order to understand which production factors can be considered harmful and which cannot, it is necessary to study the legislation of the Russian Federation. An important legislative act is the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, which distinguishes six classes of working conditions: - Optimal working conditions. This may include a type of activity where the employee has minimal risk of harm or illness. These are also conditions where there is no need to expend too much physical and mental resources of a person - Acceptable working conditions. Here the employee risks his health more. Sometimes types of work are allowed during which hazardous substances are released. These substances can be chemical, physical, or in the form of radiation. - Difficult working conditions. These are working conditions that exceed the norm. When work goes beyond the ordinary state of a person, a process of adaptation of his body occurs. - Dangerous working conditions. This category already implies increased risks of injury both for an individual and for the team as a whole. - Particularly dangerous working conditions. Work in such an area is only possible with appropriate permission. It is necessary to take into account factors that have an extremely negative impact on the abilities of workers. - harmful, dangerous and especially dangerous - this gradation of labor circumstances is the most complete, since it covers the whole variety of processes and work in all areas of activity. It is also necessary to highlight a class of conditions that are mistakenly considered harmful, but which in fact are not