• How to interpret new health and safety regulations at universities to avoid problems during inspections (3-4)
    As it turns out, the practical application of the provisions of the new regulation on how to ensure safe working and education conditions at the university can cause difficulties. The questions arise, do you need to provide a first aid kit in each teaching room? Should OSH training be subject only to the students and PhD students specified in the regulations? So what about university staff that the regulation does not mention anymore?
  • Does an accident at work in a state of intoxication mean loss of compensation from Social Security (5)
    Driving a car in order to perform activities related to business activity, in the state of intoxication by an insured person insured conducting such activity and causing an accident in which he died, does not mean that the relationship between the activity and the event causing the accident was broken. In such a situation, the entitled person is entitled to one-off compensation.
  • Will the employer be liable for an accident in the case of an employee who fails to fulfill his obligations (6-7)
    The employer is liable for damage suffered by an employee as a result of an accident at work, when it can be assumed that the incident occurred as a result of the failure to meet obligations on the employer, for example in the field of occupational health and safety.
  • When to make electrical measurements for machines and power tools (8)
    Many companies use various machines and power tools. Employers or employees of the health and safety service in such companies must ensure that the used electrical equipment is maintained in a state of technical efficiency. Therefore, the question often arises: how to set deadlines for electrical measurements for machines and electro-tools?
  • Legal monitoring only after consultation with employees (9)
    The role of every employer is to ensure safe working conditions while making proper use of the achievement of science and technology. Technical vision for improving work safety includes video monitoring. Its correct introduction consists in observing not only the regulations concerning directly employee monitoring, but also regulations regarding health and safety in the scope of employees' participation in enterprises improving work safety.
  • Topic of the issue: Workers from temporary work agencies and OHS coordinator (10-11)
    Currently, many companies employ employees from temporary work agencies. This form of employment gives rise to employer-user obligations as laid down in the regulations regarding health and safety. However, there are issues not regulated directly in the regulations. One of them is the problem of appointing a health and safety coordinator. Does the temporary employment agency and employer need to appoint an OHS coordinator in connection with the employment of temporary employees?
  • Which health and safety requirements must be met by portable ladders (12-13)
    If you want to buy a portable ladder to your workplace, the question often arises: what are the requirements for ladders? Do the same rules apply as in the case of ladders used for private purposes? What marking should the ladder have (load capacity, mark B, CE, PN)? Should it have a declaration of conformity?
  • Where to store statements about becoming acquainted with occupational risk (14-15)
    Does the statement about familiarizing the employee with the occupational risk should be included in the employee's personal files? Is a list of employees who familiarized with occupational risk kept in separate documentation in the health and safety cell?
  • Fatigue and occupational risk assessment (15)
    Should the fatigue risk be taken into account in assessing the physician's professional risk?
  • Hazards during welding work in occupational risk assessment (16)
    What are the primary hazards and what are the secondary hazards in the occupational risk assessment of welding works?
  • Checklist for catering establishment (18)

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