Partnership development when introducing innovative methods and techniques for evaluation and management of occupational risk for workers and public health in metallurgic industry

Innovative approaches in industrial development play a major role in the national economy if meanwhile Innovative approaches in industrial development play a major role in the national economy and simultaneously solve the problems of sanitary and epidemiological well-being and environmental safety of population, based on methods and techniques for health risk assessment and management. Maintaining cooperative working relationship with public and local authorities and research institutions involved in providing sanitary, epidemiological and environmental safety, social support, workers health and working capacity preservation is one of the mechanisms for sustaining the policy of social responsible corporate business. The article presents results of long-term agreements on cooperative activity of LLC «UMMC-Holding» and the Rospotrebnadzor’s «Yekaterinburg Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis and Health Protection of Industrial Workers» in public health and occupational risk management related to industrial activity by the Holding’s companies. The economic efficiency of the established partnership was estimated, and the planned objectives could be effectively achieved by sustaining cooperation in improving the corporate system for public health and occupational risk management.

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