HANA PAČAIOVÁ, ZUZANA KOTIANOVÁ, MILAN ORAVEC, PETER DARVAŠI, JAN KAN

For the safe operation of machinery, the characteristic procedures are set in harmonized standards in accordance with the requirements of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/ ES. Risk assessment is a starting point for the concept of a safe machine. However, the user of the machine is mainly focused on the characteristics related to the business plan, i. e. achieving maximum readiness of the machine in the given working environment. Managers, often sees safety, at best matter as obvious, but sometimes as a burdensome issue, thus "unnecessary investment". The management of a digital (smart) organization in terms of machinery safety requirements creates a vision of unattended intelligent machinery, the advantage of which is the reduction of protective measures, and thus their more efficient use. However, digitalization and its pillars (technologies), despite many benefits, bring new risks, the assessment of which will be the basis for the management of such an organization. A proactive approach to reducing the risks arising from external and internal threats/hazards requires the application of appropriate methods for their identification, description of causality and efficient and effective management. This article describes a new approach to risk management and reduction throughout the life cycle of the smart machinery.