In order to create safe and trouble-free working conditions for agricultural entities and minimize the risk of accidents at work during spring field work in the conditions of military (combat) operations in Ukraine, the State Labor Service has developed recommendations for employers. This is reported on the website Department of State Labor in Ivano-Frankivsk region.
Employers are encouraged to take the following measures:
1. Prohibit agricultural spring field work in regions located directly in and at a short distance from hostilities.
2. Before carrying out spring field work, employers, together with representatives of the relevant structural units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the SES, organize an inspection of agricultural lands and adjacent areas for shells, explosives and other objects and materials that pose or may pose a threat to agricultural workers. areas adjacent to hostilities).
3. Before carrying out spring field work, organize unscheduled briefings on labor protection of employees on the actions of officials and production personnel of economic entities in the event of hostilities (artillery shelling, bombing, etc.).
4.Develop evacuation plans for personnel before and during hostilities and emergency response plans with a minimum level of threat to the lives and health of workers.
5. Ensure proper monitoring of the technical condition of agricultural machinery to be used during the sowing campaign.
6. Organize field work in conditions of sufficient visibility, only during the day.
7. Delivery, transportation and manual transfer of equipment, machinery, fertilizers and other materials to the place of direct performance of work must be carried out in accordance with the developed safe routes, which are familiar to all workers who will perform these works.
8. Take measures to create appropriate and safe working conditions, especially in places of concentration of workers and equipment located at a considerable distance from settlements, by providing, if necessary, emergency medical care in the field and the establishment of heating stations (if necessary). p> 9. To provide prompt communication between workers in the field and immediately inform them in the event of a dangerous situation for their lives and health, provide drivers of tractor crews with means of communication.
10. Provide workers involved in spring field work with appropriate overalls, footwear and other personal and collective protective equipment.
11.In order to minimize the time spent by workers in the open, especially in areas adjacent to hostilities, to prohibit the implementation of complex and / or long-term repairs of machines, mechanisms, equipment in the field.