- Topic of the issue: How to ensure health and safety at school?
Each school is also a workplace, therefore it must meet all the requirements in the area of occupational health and safety. This is especially important because there are students in addition to the students at the school. School directors are under the obligation to ensure proper health and safety at work, and thus bear responsibility for the safety of school pupils and employees. Knowledge of basic OSH requirements regarding the school and their adherence will help to create a safe work and learning environment for both school staff and learners.
- Will the new OHS regulation for energy devices improve the organization and safety of work?
For public consultations in June this year, a draft of a new regulation on occupational safety and health at energy devices. The new regulation is to clarify the definitions of terms, because their current content causes employers' problems with the safe organization of work carried out with energy equipment.
- The contractor may be charged with OSH obligations, but only under a bilateral contract
Many employers hire employees under contract. In such cases, a question arises as to which occupational health and safety obligations - mentioned in art. 211 of the Labor Code - employer-principal, you can charge natural persons performing work on a basis other than the employment relationship? Can the client expect from the contractor to carry out preliminary medical examinations or OSH trainings or to purchase personal protective equipment on their own?
- How can you easily prevent electric shocks in the workplace?
In order to effectively minimize the risk of electric shocks, it is necessary to carry out the so-called Critical analysis of activities performed by employees, especially routine ones, carried out quickly, sometimes even under stress.
- What is the impact of stress on safety and hygiene in work processes
We present many instructive and practical tips for dealing with stress - both for employees and for health and safety. After all, working in the service of health and safety is an extremely stressful activity, which certainly does not need to be too convincing ...
- How to safely use the construction site to minimize the risk of accidents?
For years, construction has been one of the most accident-causing sections of the national economy. The rate of fatalities remains here at the level of the index for mining and quarrying and more than 2.5 times higher than the index for all production activities. Also, the rate of heavy accidents is 2.5 times higher than for the entire national economy. It significantly exceeds the rates occurring in the entire production activity as well as mining and quarrying. Among other things, it is worth to learn how to safely manage the area of construction works and ensure the actual safety of employees.
- How to effectively reduce the risk of accidents when working at heights?
Fall from height is usually a severe disability or death. That is why it is so important to organize and conduct work at heights that are consistent with the regulations and rules of health and safety at work.
- What should be included in the professional risk assessment documentation at the salesperson's workstation?
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