• News
    • For 200 employees per year is badly injured in an accident when working with the truck (1-2)
      As can be seen from the PIP data, the number of people who are fatally injured is significantly reduced as a result of operating the truck or hitting a forklift. On the other hand, there are about 200 events per year of serious PIP events. Nevertheless, while working on the handling of industrial trucks, the number of injured people is still high.
    • 30% fewer accidents at work while using machines and devices (3)
      Comparing the accident data collected by PIP in the field of operation of machines and technical devices, significant improvement can be noted in this respect. In 2015, there were about 360 fatal accidents, and a year later there were only 254 such accidents, hence a decrease by approx. 30%. However, 11 years after the period in which employers should have adjusted the machines to minimum health and safety requirements in accordance with the regulations, PIP during inspection still discovers machines that are not safe for operators.
  • Documentation
    • Documentation of occupational risk assessment - Workplace: hairdresser (4-7)
      The material presents an example of occupational risk assessment at the workplace of a hairdresser - hairdresser/hairdresser. If you employ employees in your salon, it is obligatory to carry out and document a risk assessment at individual work stations. Presented material will certainly facilitate this task for the hairdresser's position. The material was developed based on the Risc Score method.
  • Number subject
    • What are the hazards at the station of the lift truck operator (8-9)
      The specifics of the work of a lift truck operator, especially employed in a warehouse, forwarding company or logistics company, requires the operator not only to perform work related to its operation, but also other transport work performed using various auxiliary means of transport, and even manual transport work. This is associated with numerous hazards occurring at this workplace. What?
  • Risk assessment
    • How to reduce occupational risk (10-11)
      If the company is not able to avoid occupational risk, it should be limited to the lowest possible level. It must be remembered that the risk factors are determined by two factors, which are possible losses and their probabilities.
  • Working conditions
    • Where to find guidelines on warning signs used on machines? (12-13)
      What footnotes / standards regulate graphics (pattern, color) of warrant and warning signs, warning pictograms, eg (attention to moving elements) or warnings (use protective gloves) when working on machines?
    • What qualifications and qualifications an electrician must have to carry out lighting measurements (13)
      What should an electrician have to do to carry out tests of light intensity in work rooms and to check the intensity of evacuation light on escape routes? After the inspection, it turned out that the evacuation lighting did not work, and in the corridors ordinary lighting is in the employees' opinion as "weak". The employer is forced to buy a new set of lamps. Does an electrician who undertakes to perform the above tests have the right to expect from the OSH specialist how to carry out the measurement; e.g. asking how many lx should have a specific place?
  • Accidents at work
    • The post-accident report must document the legal situation of the employee and the employer (14-16)
      The employee may demand rectification of the cause of the accident indicated in the record of establishing the circumstances and causes of the accident at work. An action for determining liability for damage resulting from an accident at work is not admissible if the injured employee did not claim civil damages.
  • Hazardous substances (Appendix No. 34)
    • Storage of technical gases - selected issues (1-2)
      The high pressure inside the cylinder (often over 100 bar) and the flammable and explosive properties of some gases mean that the requirements for safe storage are different than for other materials, in particular in the field of fire safety and transport.
    • What time should the dangerous substance card be updated? (4)