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Wiadomości PKN - Normalizacja (PKN News - Standarization) 2020/06

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Category: Wiadomości PKN - Normalizacja
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  • From the Editor (3)
  • From the world
    • Keep up with cooperation (4)
      Successful cooperation with business partners is a rather long-term commitment and work ethic that strengthens trust between organizations and people.
  • From standardization work
    • Don't be afraid, get ready (8)
      When it comes to managing the company in difficult times, CEOs and company owners count on perseverance, knowledge and the ability to adapt to both their own and their environment. With a bit of luck and thanks to a flexible approach, companies can survive unforeseen circumstances and even come out stronger than before. the solution is a business continuity management system.
    • Employee involvement - ISO 10018 (12)
      Are you looking for the latest employee engagement practices? Look no further. The arrival of ISO 10018 is to revolutionize the market - it is designed for even the most innovative organizations. Learn how to involve people in your quality management system and increase their participation and competence in this system.
    • Circular economy (14)
      In the International Electrotechnical Committee (IEC), the requirements for the circular economy (GOZ) are assessed by the Advisory Committee on Environmental Issues (ACEA), which provides the Standards Board (SMB) with guidelines on matters related to the environment, and the Technical Committee IEC / TC 111, which develops horizontal standards for environmental issues.

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Przegląd Pożarniczy (Fire Review) 2020/03

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Category: Przegląd Pożarniczy
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  • Rescue and civil protection
    • A friend of man in trouble (10)
  • Hazard recognition
    • What's next with ASF? (12)
    • Fire alarm systems (16)
    • Underground fire protection (20)
  • Abroad
    • Hell at King’s Cross (24)
    • Fire in the air (28)
  • In the heat of questions
    • In port service (32)
    • Women's rule in JRG (34)
  • Volunteer matters
    • Plan for success (36)
  • Psychology
    • The art of command (38)
  • Law in service
    • Practically about complaints (part 1) (42)
    • Budget for laymen (46)
  • Test your knowledge
    • Crossword (49)
  • Sport
    • FCC in the eyes of players (50)
  • History and traditions

Inspektor Pracy (Labor Inspector) 2020/06

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  • In an important case (3)
  • News not only from country (4)
  • In the Parliament of the Republic of Poland (4)
    • Labor inspection activities in the age of pandemic
      The plenary meeting of the Labor Protection Council on 1 May 2, 2020 was devoted to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the work environment. Like the previous one, it was carried out remotely.
  • Troublesome ZUS IWA - How to check employer data on accidents (part 1) (6)
    The National Labor Inspectorate has been conducting inspection activities for many years regarding the correctness of the preparation of ZUS IWA information by employers. Although the obligation to submit this information has existed for many years, there are still many doubts as to how to complete these documents. In particular, this applies to determining the number of persons employed in hazardous conditions and the number of persons injured in accidents, i.e. within the scope of being the main area controlled by labor inspectors.
  • Donkey work. Comments on the control of the legality of employment of Polish citizens in the Opolskie Voivodeship (10)
    The current legal status and actual possibilities in which labor inspectors deal with the issue of employment legality on a daily basis should provoke the initiation of discussions on the condition of employment legality mechanisms in Poland. The article presents comments on the control of the legality of employment of Polish citizens in the Opolskie Voivodeship.
  • Let childhood be idyllic (13)
    Especially during intensified field work, such as harvest, children require attention. Under no circumstances should you take them to the field. Although they often want to help their parents in their daily duties, there is a lot of agricultural work that is dangerous or harmful to them.
  • List of particularly dangerous activities related to operating a farm which must not be entrusted to children under 16 years of age (14)
  • You don't take risks when you know and respect animals. Art competition for children "Safe in the countryside" (17)
  • Contest. Awarded works (18)
    Inspire, support and be able to help. Interview with Małgorzata Łagocka, District Labor Inspector in Wrocław (20)
  • Guarantor of life and health. Review of protection measures as an obligation of the employer (25)
    correctly selected and used personal protective equipment against falling from a height has a direct impact on the protection of the health and life of the employee. What are the most important legal regulations in this area, which is very important for employees and employers?
  • Stay ahead of the risk. Light curtains and machine barriers (28)
    They belong to the most commonly used non-contact protective devices for machines. They provide protection by restoring the machine to a safe state before a person can be in an emergency.

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Bezpieczeństwo Pracy i Ochrona Środowiska w Górnictwie (Work Safety and Environmental Protection in Mining) 2020/06

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Category: BP i Ochr. Śr. w Górnictwie
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  • Impact of the length of the walls located in a strongly methane deposit on their mining capacity
    The increase in the concentration of wall extraction in Polish hard coal mines was achieved as a result of wall elongation and the introduction of high-performance combines. The article discusses the issue of the formation of volumetric methane streams emitted to the wall environment in the light of the experience of the Central Mining Institute. The design of walls located in the vicinity of a strongly methane deposit should be preceded by a pre-emptive variant analysis of the size of streams of released methane, taking into account the parameters of the walls, methane saturation of the exploited and surrounding deposits and the speed of the combine during mining.
  • Legal requirements for hazard monitoring systems in hard coal mines in Poland
    The article presents legal aspects affecting the method of mining exploitation and ensuring security of the hard coal mine infrastructure and people working in them. The legal basis was adopted provisions and norms, the application of which results from the Geological and Mining Law Act, regarding natural hazards in mining plants.
  • Restructuring of hard coal mining in the Wałbrzych Basin. History and future
    In 1989, the first post-communist government introduced economic reform with several decisions based on strong monetarism and limited market freedom, which in particular concerned coal mines. Mining assumed the role of "Inflation anchor" thanks to coal prices lower than the costs of obtaining it. In the case of coal mining in Lower Silesia, its liquidation was determined by the appeal of the Mining Commission of NSZZ "Solidarność" of the Wałbrzych Land (from February 20, 1990) to close the mines due to threats to employees. The Wałbrzych mines were put into liquidation on January 1, 1991, and the Nowa Ruda mine in January 1992. The decision to close down the DZW mines was not accompanied by an in-depth analysis of its effects, despite the fact that they concerned the region where mining and enterprises working on 70-80% of the male workforce employed him, for example in the Nowa Ruda region! The process of mine closure was accompanied by the closure of plants from various industries. As a result, at the end of 1992 in the voivodeship about 50,000 were registered in Wałbrzych unemployed. The managers of Lower Silesian mines tried to limit the negative effects of the liquidation on the local labor market, from below, creating new business entities with the participation of assets and employees of mines. This process was to include stimulate the economic development of the region and minimize group layoffs of mine crews. In the years 1991–1994, 27 new business entities were created on the basis of the assets of the Wałbrzych KWK, in May 1995 employing approx. 2,000 people.

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Bezpieczeństwo Pracy - nauka i praktyka (Work Safety) 2020/06

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Category: Bezpieczeństwo Pracy
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  • Nationwide social campaign "Active at work" (2nd cover page)
  • Local reports (2)
  • Epidemic and global mental health (3)
    According to a United Nations report published on May 13, 2020, a pandemic causes serious psychological problems among societies around the world. Surveys show that in some countries, as much as 2/3 of the population feels the effects of stress caused by the existing situation, which affects both their social and professional life.
  • An epidemic from the employee's perspective. Selected psychological problems and ways of dealing with them (4)
    The current situation has literally turned the world we know "upside down". Some therapists believe that we have undergone a sort of collective trauma. Closed in the house, deprived of contact with family or friends - we all struggled to some extent with the fear of infection. For some, it was even anxiety that took on the size of a condition called 'panic disorder'.
  • Coloring as a form of stress management (8)
    Currently, one of the most important causes of occupational stress is the development of technology and the transformation of the labor market, imposing an obligation of tele-presence on the employee. Constant immersion in technology disrupts the relationship with oneself, making it difficult to use self-therapeutic methods that could counteract the harmful effects of stress. Coloring is one of the methods of anti-stress intervention. In the self-therapeutic process, it has an impact not only on more efficient stress management, but also on the reduction of anxiety and the increase of mindfulness, concentration and creativity in the examined people.
  • Less accidents at work. Does robotization increase our safety? (11)
    According to data from the Central Statistical Office, in 2019 in Poland, 83,205 persons injured in accidents at work were reported in Poland, with an accident rate of 6.15. It's less than last year. According to experts, the improvement in these statistics is influenced, among others, by changes in the employment structure and progressive robotization, especially in heavy industry.
  • Supporting the diet of the immune system in the fight against infection (12)
    Concerns about coronavirus have resulted in a lot of non-medical advice on social media on how to strengthen the immune system so as not to get sick. Although we currently do not have confirmed scientific evidence showing that a single natural food or dietary supplement significantly stimulates the human immune system or prevents SARS-CoV-2 infection, there are many effective behaviors, nutrition and training strategies that can reduce exposure to pathogens and reduce immunosuppression, and thus most likely reduce the risk of disease. The article contains information on the most important factors whose impact on the functioning of the immune system in scientific literature is best documented.
  • Shaping the acoustic climate in the premises of medical institutions - recommendations (17)
    The article characterizes the results of noise measurements carried out in selected rooms of medical facilities. The results of the assessment of working conditions in these facilities due to noise were also discussed. This assessment was based on the results of surveys conducted among over 300 doctors, nurses and employees of diagnostic laboratories. The results of noise measurements and surveys constituted the basis for presenting the basic methods of shaping the acoustic climate in operating rooms, treatment rooms, medical diagnostic laboratories, intensive care units as well as in nurses' rooms and hospital corridors.
  • Assessment of the quality of two-handed coordination tasks due to gender and age (22)
    The article presents the results of the quality analysis of performing two-hand coordination tasks. The research was carried out on four groups differentiated by gender and age (20-30 years and 60-67 years). The subjects performed two-hand coordination tasks developed at CIOP-PIB and tests included in the Vienna Test System. The results show significant differences in the values of control quality indicators between a group of younger people and a group of older people. Stronger differentiation was observed in the two-hand coordination tasks. Larger differences also occur due to age than due to gender.
  • Comparison of solutions of systems warning people using hearing protectors against approaching vehicles (26)
    The article presents work on solutions that are the basis for developing a system of warning employees using hearing protectors against collision with a vehicle.

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ATEST - ochrona pracy (Certificate - work protection) 2020/06

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Category: ATEST
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  • Regulations and standards
    • Labor law at the time of coronavirus (part 2) (4)
    • Fire protection in waste management (13)
    • Standard for presses in the Polish language version (42)
    • Overtime work outside the workplace (46)
    • New health and safety regulations and labor law (48)
    • Lifts and tippers used in bakeries (49)
  • Information
    • Mention of labor inspector Ryszard Wrześniu (11)
    • Up to date ... (12)
    • Pedestrian trip - new training application (25)
    • Mix with OSH training during a pandemic (39)
    • Coronavirus time (43)
  • People and events
    • Who is who in labor protection: Marcin Kopron (17)
    • Young versus old, i.e. cooperation in the service of OSH (26)
    • Gold Braces 2020 (35)
  • Technologies and security

BHP w Firmie (Work safety in the company) 2020/224

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  • Subject of the issue: Violation of psychophysical fitness as a basis for refraining from work
  • Is COVID-19 an occupational disease?
    Pursuant to the decision of the Ministry of Health, the contagious disease COVID-19, i.e. the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, was entered on the list of occupational diseases. The diagnosis of occupational disease for Covid-19 will be done in the same way as for other infectious diseases.
  • There is a new unified text of the regulation on health and safety at work for motorized lake trucks
    On May 12, 2020, a new uniform text of the Regulation of the Minister of Development and Finance on occupational health and safety when using motorized forklifts was published (Journal of Laws item 852).
  • Guidelines of the National Labor Inspectorate in the field of resuming operations of enterprises
    As the time to return to the normal functioning of workplaces is slowly approaching, it is worth preparing for this moment. First of all, it should be borne in mind that it is very important to take appropriate steps in the field of health and safety so as to ensure the safety of employees as much as possible.
  • A helmet or protective helmet instead of a mask - is it allowed?
    According to the regulations of May 2, 2020 regarding the establishment of specific restrictions, orders and bans in connection with the occurrence of the epidemic, a sufficient form of covering the mouth and nose is the use of, among others a helmet or protective helmet. The helmet can now be used by any employee who has contact with the customer, as well as any other employee whom the employer cannot provide a 1.5 m distance between employees. Helmets can also be used by citizens leaving their homes.
  • Cook's carpal tunnel syndrome - can it be considered an occupational disease?
    The professional etiology of the carpal tunnel syndrome, in the light of medical knowledge, can be suspected when the activities performed at the workplace are characterized by rapid, repeatedly repetitive over long periods of time, movements of maximum bending and straightening of the wrists or work requires activities performed in a position that creates a risk of pressure on the trunk median nerve in the carpal tunnel. In the assessment of the cook employed in the education unit, her developing carpal tunnel syndrome could have resulted from the nature of the work. Is this point of view correct?
  • Health and safety instructions should be directly available
    The employer should reassess occupational risk after the procedure after work accident and should cover all possible hazards associated with the operation of the device. It should also be borne in mind that when assessing occupational risk, all factors of the work environment occurring during the work performed as well as ways of work performance are taken into account. As is clear from the case-law, it is also important that employees have direct access to health and safety instructions, which means that they should be kept in the workplace or in the production room to which the employee can go at any time and without the use of third parties.
  • Check if you are conducting proper workplace safety training for a dermatologist
    Dermatologist, as a doctor dealing mainly with skin, nail and hair diseases, is exposed in his work to such threats as injuries resulting from contact with needles, sharp instruments, skin diseases, caused by frequent washing of hands in powerful disinfectant preparations, contact with harmful chemical substances that are part of medicines, cleaning products, disinfecting and sterilizing liquids, anesthetics, as well as contact with sick patients. A dermatologist often also specializes in aesthetic medicine, cosmetology and venereology. The effectiveness of OSH training in this position, and thus the preservation of all possible measures to ensure safety at work is determined by knowledge of the risks and how to avoid them. That is why it is so important to conduct this stage of training in the best way possible. About what you can not miss in training, see the article below.
  • How the microclimate in the workplace affects the employee's efficiency
    To ensure the efficiency of the work process and the employee, it is necessary to create conditions of the work environment that will not cause threats, exposures and nuisance. It is therefore important that the work and its conditions of performance are best suited to the individual person also in terms of thermal comfort. It should be remembered that the work process is the interaction of three basic groups of human factors, work tools and work objects. All these components in the work process operate in a specific material environment, which includes in particular temperature, humidity, air movement and atmospheric pressure, dust pollution, chemical and biological air pollution, acoustic and mechanical vibrations, and radiation. These factors affect the efficiency above all of employees. In the article below you will learn how the microclimate in the workplace affects the efficiency and productivity of work.

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Aktualności Ochrony Środowiska (Environmental Protection News) 2020/06 (174)

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  • Subject of the issue: Anti-crisis shield - what changes will it introduce
    On May 4, the President of the Act of April 30, 2020 amending certain acts regarding protection measures in connection with the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was transmitted to the president. The main purpose of the package of laws called the anti-crisis shield is to prevent the negative effects of economic changes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Act introduces, among others shifting reporting dates on environmental protection. What else has changed?
  • How to store combustible waste
    On March 4, the ordinance of the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration of February 19, 2020 on requirements for fire protection to be met by construction facilities or parts thereof and other places intended for the collection, storage or processing of waste came into force.
  • Waste during quarantine - important guidelines of the ministry
    In connection with the ongoing epidemic, many doubts have arisen regarding waste management. In order to standardize the practice in this area, the Minister of Climate and the Chief Sanitary Inspector issued a document entitled: Guidelines on the management of waste generated during the occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection and the incidence of COVID-19 disease caused by it (during pandemic / epidemic duration).
  • Obligations of the entrepreneur in July 2020
  • Problematic transfer of sewage sludge
    The entry into force of the provisions on electronic record keeping (BDO) has made it difficult to transfer sludge to farmers with less than 75 ha of land. Details below.
    Room disinfection instructions
    Question: We run so-called pre-storage of medical waste. Must there be instructions for disinfecting the room? If so, what should it contain?
  • End-of-life vehicle record card - when to use it
    Question: I keep a record card of end-of-life vehicles, complete passenger cars with the code 16 01 04 and incomplete 16 01 06, there are, whereas the waste record card complete trucks 16 01 04 and incomplete 16 01 06. Going further, I disassemble vehicles and I assign individual parts under waste codes: ferrous metals, non-ferrous tires, etc., break them down according to the disassembly scheme and end up in the waste record sheets 160117, 160118, 160103 etc. What about trucks that are dismantled? According to BDO, when adopted as a whole, they go to the waste register, not the vehicle record. How should I define them in relation to BDO and keeping records?

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Aktualności Ochrony Środowiska - wydanie specjalne (Environmental Protection News) 2020/06 (80)

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Category: Aktualności Ochrony Środowiska
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  • Subject of the issue: Everything you should know about packaging management in your company
    The Act of 13 June 2013 on the management of packaging and packaging waste (hereinafter: the Packaging Act) defines packaging as a product, including a non-returnable product made of any material, intended for storage, protection, transport, delivery or presentation of products, from raw materials for processed goods. Does the introduction, export or import of products in packaging or packaging impose any obligations on you? What are the penalties for non-compliance with the abovementioned activities? law?
  • What is packaging and what is not - examples
    Below you will find a list of products that are packaging and not packaging.
    Marketing of the packaging / packaging product
    Packaging introducer is understood as an entrepreneur who manufactures and imports packaging and makes intra-Community acquisition or intra-Community delivery of packaging.
  • Packaging marking - how to do it according to the law
    Entrepreneurs introducing products in packaging, producing packaging, importing packaging and purchasing intra-Community purchases of packaging may place special markings on packaging that indicate the type of materials from which they were made (e.g. plastic, glass, wood or paper and cardboard).
  • Obligations of entrepreneurs in the field of packaging and packaging waste management
    In the article you will find four basic responsibilities. Find out if they also apply to you.
  • Self-fulfillment of duties
    Entities may perform their statutory obligations themselves, if they subject to recovery, including recycling, only packaging waste generated by them (statutory levels of recovery/recycling are set out in Annex 1 to the Packaging Act) or in the case of recovery/recycling of waste collected from other waste holders (in the amount of 100% of the mass of packaging placed on the market).
  • Implementation of obligations through a recovery organization
    What requirements should you have for your recovery organization? What are the duties? Details below.
  • DPO and DPR documents - are they different?
    The document confirming the recovery of packaging waste is the DPO document. Confirmation of packaging waste recycling is done by issuing a DPR. Both documents specify the mass of waste and how it is processed.
  • EDPR and EDPO documents
    EDPR / EDPO documents are documents confirming, respectively, the export of packaging waste or intra-Community delivery of packaging waste in order to be recycled or their recovery process other than recycling, including the weight of this waste.
  • Product fee - how to calculate it
    The product fee was introduced on January 1, 2014. It is a kind of ecological fee calculated and paid when launching packaging products and packages under the own trademark on the Polish market. The product fee is charged if the required levels of recovery and recycling are not reached.
  • Recycling fee - what it is
    The recycling fee applies to plastic shopping bags, which are defined as shopping bags with or without handles, made of plastic, which are offered in retail or wholesale units.
    PKE, i.e. public educational campaigns

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Monitor Prawa Pracy (Labor Law Monitor) 2020/06

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Category: Monitor Prawa Pracy
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  • News
    • Agreement between the parties and the remuneration of the employee exempt from the obligation to perform work
    • Changes in the law
    • Basics and rules of remuneration for an employee who does not provide work
    • Modernizing labor law in the world's most populous democracy
  • Articles
    • A few comments on employment during the pandemic era and after
    • Anti-crisis solutions regarding working time in pandemic legislation
    • Consequence of the transfer of an establishment to another employer within the scope of the competing clause
    • Job liquidation as a reason for terminating an employment contract
    • Protection of benefits from additional pension programs in the event of the insolvency of the employer

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