Economics of labor protection in the transport of dangerous goods by rail
Healthy and safe working conditions in current realities are directly related to the productivity and efficiency of companies engaged in various industries, since the working environment in which employees perform their labor functions is the main factor in ensuring competitiveness. Since any work is an economic activity, occupational injuries and illnesses that occur during the performance of work should also be considered economic issues. Hence, understanding the role of economic factors in the possibility of getting diseases in the workplace and the impact of such factors on the activities of enterprises is of key importance when developing an enterprise's policy in the field of labor protection. Companies engaged in the transport of dangerous goods by rail are no exception. The author attempts to find sustainable solutions to complex problems of labor protection by considering the relationship between labor protection and certain aspects of economic science. Analysis of the features of the labor protection economy in the field of transportation of dangerous goods by rail has shown that only variable costs generate economic incentives in the field of labor protection. At the same time, not the actual variable costs, but the number of components used in assessing the economic efficiency of labor protection measures, affect the decision-making in the field of improving working conditions by companies involved in the transport of dangerous goods, due to the specifics of their action.