The Role of Public Control in the Prevention of Occupational Injuries

One of the principles of the labor legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the priority of the life and health of the employee, as well as ensuring the right to working conditions that meet the requirements of safety and hygiene [1]. One of the most important mechanisms designed to ensure compliance with this principle is the internal control mechanism for ensuring occupational safety and health. Internal control over occupational safety and health is carried out by the employer in order to comply with the established requirements for occupational safety and health at the workplace and take immediate measures to eliminate the detected violations. An integral part of the internal control mechanism is public control by employee representatives represented by technical inspectors on labor protection and trade unions. The main purpose of the study is to consider the role and influence of public control on ensuring industrial safety and prevention of industrial injuries, therefore, the authors analyzed the statistics of industrial injuries in the LLP "Ekibastuz GRES-1 named after Bulat Nurzhanov". The authors of the work noted the importance of the participation of employee representatives in monitoring the provision of safe working conditions aimed at reducing the level of occupational injuries and accidents, improving the culture of occupational safety