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The Constitution of the Republic of North Macedonia, in particular Article 32, paragraph 1, clearly states that “Everyone has the right to work, free choice of employment, safety at work and material security during temporary unemployment”. The focus in the research is to contribute for reducing the lost working time in the companies in the manufacturing industry, as a result of occupational injuries and to increase the employee productivity and competitive advantage through development of safe working environment. The identification of the safety indicators is based on the analysis of existing scientific and research literary sources, OSH legislation in Republic of North Macedonia and Delphi method. The final result of the research is a developed methodology with structure of 50 identified safety indicators, divided into 14 groups. Each indicator is defined by a weight factor rated by the Delphi expert group based on its impact on reducing the time lost by the occupational injuries. The safety indicators are identified by reaching consensus of 32 occupational safety experts in two Delphi iterations.
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Velkovski, T., Chaloska, J., Mučenski, V., Jovanoski, B., Jovanovski, B. (2022). Identification of Safety Indicators in the Manufacturing Industry in Republic of North Macedonia and Their Impact on the Occupational Injury Lost Time. In: Lalic, B., Gracanin, D., Tasic, N., Simeunović, N. (eds) Proceedings on 18th International Conference on Industrial Systems – IS’20. IS 2020. Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97947-8_53
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