Department for Occupational Safety and Health, Fire Protection and Emergency Management

Occupational safety and health, fire protection and emergency management activities are carried out within the Department for Occupational Safety and Health, Fire Protection and Emergency Management, which organisationally belongs to the Sector for Traffic Information Management Systems. These activities are governed by three principal laws: the Law on Occupational Safety and Health, the Law on Fire Protection, and the Law on Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Management, as well as by regulations arising from or complementary to these laws.

The Department’s activities are based on the above-mentioned legislation, as well as on the ISO 45001:2018 standard, for which the Department is the principal organisational unit and professional coordinator within the Integrated Management Systems.

Within its scope of work, the Department for Occupational Safety and Health, Fire Protection and Emergency Management performs the following activities:

• provides employee training in occupational safety and health and fire protection, with the aim of ensuring that all employees are familiar with hazards and risks that may result in occupational injuries, protective measures, the use of personal protective equipment, firefighting equipment, procedures to be followed in the event of an occupational injury or fire, as well as their responsibilities in the event of failure to comply with prescribed protective measures;
• organises employee first-aid training and procures the necessary first-aid supplies and equipment;
• carries out continuous inspections of all facilities under the responsibility of “Putevi Srbije” LLC and verifies their compliance with occupational safety and health, fire protection and emergency management regulations;
• organises pre-employment and periodic medical examinations of employees (for employees working in positions involving increased risk, professional drivers, and ophthalmological examinations of employees);
• provides assistance to employees and the employer in determining employees’ fitness for work, organises medical examinations for the assessment of fitness for work at occupational medicine institutions, and provides opinions and recommendations in accordance with occupational medicine findings and the regulations governing this field;
• in cooperation with the Department for Traffic Monitoring and Management, the Emergency Management Sector, the Traffic Police Directorate and the Emergency Medical Service, organises periodic firefighting and rescue exercises in tunnels;
• cooperates with government institutions: the Labour Inspectorate, the Emergency Management Sector, the National Health Insurance Fund (RFZO), the Pension and Disability Insurance Fund (PIO Fund), etc.;
• provides collective combined insurance for employees, covering the consequences of accidents, occupational injuries, surgical procedures and serious illnesses;
• informs employees about voluntary health insurance (preventive medical check-ups and additional medically indicated examinations);
• monitors matters relating to occupational injuries, processes occupational injury cases and assists employees in fulfilling administrative requirements related to the recognition of occupational injuries by the competent government authorities;
• prepares and installs signs (notices, warnings, prohibitions and mandatory instructions) to provide information on potential risks;
• organises regular and extraordinary inspections of fire protection installations, systems and equipment owned or operated by “Putevi Srbije” LLC;
• carries out preventive and periodic testing of working environment conditions and work equipment;
• carries out testing of installations in “Putevi Srbije” facilities (lightning protection systems, low-voltage electrical installations and gas installations);
• participates in the preparation of, or independently prepares on behalf of the Employer, the Workplace and Working Environment Risk Assessment Document (i.e., the relevant amendments and supplements);
• performs inspections and advises the Employer on the planning, selection, use and maintenance of personal protective equipment for workplaces where such equipment has been assessed as necessary, at all Company locations and business facilities;
• regularly updates statutory and other records containing data generated through the Department’s work processes;
• prepares Rulebooks and Instructions in accordance with its scope of work;
• in cooperation with trade unions, the Safety Committee and other organisational units, participates in the preparation of systemic documents (the Collective Agreement), and in the implementation and improvement of the occupational safety and health culture, as well as in the implementation of core standards (ISO 45001, ISO 39001 and ISO 9001);
• contributes to the improvement of occupational safety and health by ensuring compliance with the necessary regulations and procedures for safe work, not only in office premises but at all locations where employees of “Putevi Srbije” perform their work activities.

Commitment to these activities also contributes to raising awareness among all employees of the importance of occupational safety and health, as well as the importance of protecting people, property and business operations in the event of fire and/or other emergencies.

In accordance with the above, all employees of the Department hold the licences, professional qualifications and certificates prescribed by law and other applicable regulations, and regularly attend seminars, webinars, professional conferences, trade fairs and other forms of professional education and exchange of expert knowledge and experience in the areas falling within the Department’s scope of work.