Ilchuk O. Improvement of the level of management of labor protection in machine-engineering by methods of benchmarking

The dissertation is devoted to the solution of the actual scientific problem  to increase the level of effectiveness of the management of labor protection in the machine-engineering industry with the use of mathematical modeling methods, which enable the optimal selection of projects on occupational safety in the framework of the proposed models. To identify the most significant causes of occupational injuries in the field of machine-engineering by financing the projects of occupational safety, which are most needed to reduce the rate of occupational injuries and simultaneously reduce the cost of other projects by eliminating unnecessary functions and types of work applied two approaches. The first approach is based on expert analysis (for the preliminary analysis, expert-statistical selection was used, and the final selection and grouping of the factors was done by the method of the main components), the second  on the statistical data (ABC-analysis). The analysis of the safety of the labor process of machine - engineering production by the criterion of labor losses has been analyzed, which made it possible to analyze the total losses associated with the production activity of the production personnel and the loss from disability. The method of integer step-by-step optimization has been improved and adapted, which gives the opportunity to choose the optimal set of annual implementation of occupational safety measures, taking into account the provided economic resources. Target function is aimed at minimizing the rates of occupational injuries and hazardous production equipment. Based on the provisions of benchmarking in relation to the management system, a methodology has been developed that provides an optimal choice of projects, complements and improvements to the system of management of labor protection, expansion of its functional capabilities in order to improve the task of distributing economic resources in machine-engineering industries. The stages of the methodology of benchmarking of labor protection are developed, the analysis and justification of each of them is given.