«Zero Injury Week» and workplace certification at the Central Laboratory

From February 19 to 23, the state institution «Central Laboratory for the Preservation of Documents of the National Archival Fund of the Republic of Belarus» is holding «Zero Injury Week» events.

During the events, the main attention was paid to training in safe methods and techniques for performing work, testing knowledge on labor protection issues, as well as organizing monitoring of working conditions in the workplace and the correct use of personal protective equipment by laboratory employees.

And on the eve of Zero Injury Week, specialists from the Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health conducted laboratory tests at employee workplaces as part of the certification of workplaces for working conditions.

The studies conducted showed the absence of special, harmful or dangerous working conditions.

Photo 1 – study of harmful factors in the microbiologist’s workplace.

Photo 2 – workplace for dust removal of documents.

Photo 3 – workplace at the stitching and document binding area.

Photo 4 – workstation for digitizing documents.

Photo 5 – study of harmful factors during operation of the developing machine.

Photo 6 – workplace of an archivist-restorer.

Photo 7 – leading process engineer D.V. Machulsky (left) checks the correctness of the briefing log.

Photo 8 – checking the suitability of fire extinguishers.

Photo 9 – practicing the skills of members of the fire brigade during a fire in the switchboard.

Photo 10 – testing knowledge of labor protection instructions when working with an autoclave.