Article 4. Basic concepts

The following basic concepts are used in this Law:

collective protective equipment — technical and other means structurally or functionally connected with the production building or process, intended to prevent or reduce the impact of harmful and/or hazardous production factors and to protect against contamination;

harmful production factor — a production factor that may cause an occupational disease of an employee;

workplace — a place where an employee is permanently or temporarily present during labour activity;

production activity — a set of actions carried out during production of goods, processing of raw materials, performance of works, or provision of services;

industrial accident — an accident connected with the performance of an employeeʼs labour duties, both within and outside the employerʼs territory, including when traveling to or from work in transport provided by the employer, resulting in injury or other damage to health necessitating transfer to another job, temporary or permanent loss of professional working capacity, or death;

occupational disease — an acute or chronic disease of an employee caused by exposure to harmful or hazardous production factors, resulting in temporary or permanent loss of professional working capacity;

working conditions — a combination of social and production factors existing during the performance of work;

labour protection — a system of legal, socio-economic, organizational, technical, sanitary-hygienic, medical-preventive and rehabilitation measures and means aimed at ensuring human safety, life, health and working capacity in the course of labour;

occupational injury — temporary or permanent loss of professional working capacity due to an industrial accident;

unfavourable production factors — the presence of harmful and/or hazardous production factors;

hazardous production factor — a production factor that may cause injury to an employee;

personal protective equipment — technical and other means used by an employee to prevent or reduce the impact of harmful and/or hazardous production factors and to protect against contamination.