AUDITING OF SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN ESTONIAN MEDIUM-SCALE ENTERPRISES

摘要

Safety auditing is a systematic method to evaluate the company's safety management system. The main task of auditing is to establish whether the correct types of safety methods are used and whether they are effectively implemented. The safety auditing in Estonian enterprises is only in the beginning stage. The paper gives the results of safety auditing in three medium-scale enterprises in Estonia. There are differences in the safety level between the companies situated in towns and country-side. Economically developed enterprises have possibilities to pay also more attention to safety matters.