Occupational and Industrial Safety Requirements for Operating Load-lifting Mechanisms and Lifting Facilities

The legal and normative regulation system of occupational and industrial safety for enterprises operating load-lifting mechanisms and lifting equipment, including subway escalators, passenger cable cars and funiculars, and cable-propelled material transport systems (load-lifting cranes and hoists), has been considered. The core differences between occupational safety requirements and industrial safety requirements, as well as the powers of the state control (supervision) authorities in the field of occupational and industrial safety that provide legal and normative regulation in the field of occupational and industrial safety when operating load-lifting mechanisms and lifting equipment have been discussed. Analysis of the need for availability and content of occupational safety requirements in the federal norms and rules for operating load-lifting mechanisms and lifting equipment has been conducted; the analysis has shown that the availability of occupational safety requirements in the federal norms and rules is conditioned by the requirements of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation. In the current situation, within the framework of the effective legal and normative regulation of occupational and industrial safety requirements, the development of separate occupational safety rules for hazardous production facilities is not advisable, as these requirements are contained in the relevant federal norms and rules.