Aktualności BHP (OSH News) 2018/130(10)

•  News
  • Employing young workers according to new rules (1-2)
    From the beginning of September 2018, employers may employ fifteen-year-olds. Where does this change come from? It results from adapting the right to changes in the education system and reducing the age of the juvenile employee. Now it is a person who is 15 years old. The article contains a few tips that should be taken into account when wanting to hire young workers.
• Occupational diseases
  • Does the sanitary worker have to determine which employer is "guilty" of occupational disease (3)
    The State Sanitary Inspection is not obliged to indicate in which of the employers the occupational disease occurred, because the purpose of the proceedings conducted by this authority is not to determine the responsibility of a specific employer, but to issue a decision to state or refuse to certify the existence of an occupational disease.
• Risk assessment
  • How to prepare a professional risk assessment for the production of candles (4)
    What hazards and protective measures should be included in the occupational risk assessment at the employee's position in the production of candles? Does the employee receive protective clothing when working with paraffin?
  • Check what risks the accountant is exposed to (15-16)
    Almost every company has an accounting position. In order to facilitate the preparation of occupational risk assessment and to carry out health and safety inspections for an accountant, we prepared a list of hazards present in this position. This document will certainly facilitate the preparation of the workplace in terms of health and safety.
• Accidents at work
  • Is it an accident at work to perform activities for a company other than the employer (5-6)
    A lot of doubts in practice arises as to whether it can be considered an accident at work, an event that occurred during activities for an entity other than the employer, at the time and place of work (what position in this matter the Supreme Court).
  • Will a one-off violation increase the accident insurance premium (7)
    In order to apply sanctions to the employer in the form of increasing the interest rate of the accident insurance premium, it is sufficient that at least one glaring violation of the regulations appears at each inspection. The number of deficiencies found is not significant, but whether or not one created a threat to the life or health of employees.
• The topic of the number
  • Check the hazards 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 . It is connected with numerous threats occurring at this position. What?
• Working conditions
  • How to limit the exposure of employees to noise (10)
    Achieving or exceeding in the environment the maximum permissible noise level requires the employer to draw up and implement a program of organizational and technical measures aimed at limiting the exposure to this noise.
  • Are mechanical vibrations harmful to employees (11-12)
    The professional exposure of employees to mechanical vibrations is greater than it might seem at first glance. Their negative impact on the human body is the cause of numerous lesions.
  • Checklist for inspection of school facilities (13)
    To make sure that the health and safety of all school-related facilities comply with the regulations, and to carry out their reviews properly, it will be helpful to use the checklist. The checklist is an auxiliary document and may provide evidence in the event of irregularities in the operation of school facilities.

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