Aktualności BHP (OSH News) 2023/209 (03)

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• Revolutionary changes to wage transparency (3)
  
• Changes in medical examinations of employees (4)
  
• Work life balance: the Sejm adopted the draft of changes (5)
  
• New, higher rates for 1 km of vehicle mileage apply (6)
  
• Supervision and control over working time issues (7)
  
• Implementation of the rules of remote work - tips for the employer (9)
  
• New carrier risk assessment system from 2024 (12)
  
• Changes in drivers' salaries in 2023 (14)
  
• Particularly dangerous work - analysis of selected issues (15)
  
• When can an employer train his only employee (19)
  
• How to organize breaks and exam during recurrent training (20)
  
• How to number recurrent training certificates (21)
  
• Who is responsible for employee training – the health and safety inspector or the human resources department (22)
  
• When to take another TWA measurement (22)
  
• Is working with a laptop a position equipped with a screen monitor (23)
  
• What is the order of evacuation of people with disabilities (23)
  
• Correct posture during office work (24)

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Promotor BHP (Health and safety promoter) 2023/03

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• Magazine issue theme
  • Occupational hazard for the operator of metal cutting machines (6)
    What are the sources of occupational hazards in the position of an operator of metalworking machines.
    What the workplace should look like when performing machining.
    What to pay attention to in order to work as a machine operator in accordance with applicable regulations.
  • UV protective clothing (20)
    With the approaching spring and summer season, the subject of excessive exposure to natural ultraviolet radiation and its effects, which include erythema and burns, returns. Systematic exposure of the skin to such radiation can cause photoaging and the formation of precancerous and neoplastic lesions, including skin melanoma. Due to the fact that sunny days are getting closer, it is worth being prepared for them today - choosing the right and proven protective clothing.
• Risk assessment
  • Occupational risk assessment when cleaning metal surfaces with the abrasive blasting method (22)
    Work during metal surface treatment with the abrasive blasting method is associated with risks related to, among others, with working with machines and dust formation. What is the occupational risk assessment for this position?
  • Practical tips on how to prepare for occupational risk assessment (30)
    How to properly prepare an occupational risk assessment for a specific workplace? Guidelines are provided to be taken into account.

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Lekarz Medycyny Pracy (Doctor of Occupational Medicine) 2023/03

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• News
  • How to promote long professional activity - a new guide (1)
    Preventive and promotional activities are the duties of occupational medicine physicians. There are many educational materials to use - especially those developed by the Institute of Occupational Medicine. Prof. J. Nofer in Łódź. The new publication is the educational material "Pro-health behaviors related to lifestyle in the context of occupational exposure" entitled “How to stay professionally active despite the passage of time and declining health? Why is it worth working as long as possible?”. What's in it?
  • Medical examinations of drivers - there is a new regulation (3)
    The new regulation on medical examinations of persons applying for driving licenses and drivers has been in force since December 6, 2022. Contrary to the regulations in force so far, medical examinations can be carried out in any center, not only in the center competent for the place of residence of the examined person occupational medicine.

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BHP w Firmie (Work safety in the company) 2023/265 (03)

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• Subject of the issue: Selected issues of employee sobriety verification in the light of new legal regulations
  The obligation to maintain sobriety in the place and time of work is one of the basic obligations guaranteeing an appropriate level of safety. For many years, the process of verifying the sobriety of employees was problematic in practice - due to the lack of direct regulations under labor law. The Act of December 1, 2022 amending the Labor Code and some other acts contains regulations allowing for the possibility of conducting sobriety tests at the level of the workplace.
• Amendment to the Labor Code and the regulation of remote work performed from abroad
  The Act amending the Act - Labor Code and some other acts, adopted on December 1, 2022, regulates remote work. However, we still do not find in the Labor Code a reference to remote work performed outside of Poland. What rules should be applied to this? Is remote work (working) from abroad safe for employers?
• How to implement the new rules of remote work - tips for the employer
  Soon the new rules of remote work will replace those introduced during the pandemic, the so-called anti-covid law. Since they will be different from the existing ones, it is worth getting acquainted with them before implementing them in the workplace, so that you can smoothly switch from the covid remote work order to remote work on the new rules. In this article, we suggest how to prepare and what to remember.

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Serwis Prawno-Pracowniczy (Legal and Work Service) 2023/03

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• Theme of the month
  • Remote work and employee sobriety checks - the latest changes to the Labor Code (11)
    Remote work has been permanently introduced into the Labor Code. As a rule, it will be performed after agreement between the employer and the employee. In some situations, however, the employer will be able to instruct the employee to perform such work. Employers have also been able to preventive sobriety checks of employees.
• Labor law
  • Obligations of the employer towards the employee reinstated to work (18)
    The employer is obliged to employ the employee reinstated to work by a court judgment in the same position as the one previously occupied by him, providing him with the opportunity to perform the same work that he performed before the dismissal.

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Aura - Ochrona Środowiska (AURA Environmental Protection) 2023/02

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• 5 good ideas from COP 27
  Negotiators at last year's UN climate conference managed to come up with some action plans. Now the challenge is to turn them into reality. Things were not looking particularly good already at the beginning of COP27. The word on everyone's lips was trust. Since the last UN climate meeting, many rich countries have failed to meet their emission commitments. Meanwhile, representatives of the "poor nations" who came to COP27 were dissatisfied with previous failures to present their problems, especially plans to make rich polluters pay for the damage caused by climate change.
• In search of a recipe for the climate crisis
  The National Science Center has announced the results of the OPUS 22 + LAP/ Weave competition, thanks to which Polish researchers will carry out projects in international cooperation, this time together with partners from Germany and Slovenia.
• How to fix the climate?
  The opinions of scientists are divided. Some say that the Earth can still be saved, and others warn that global warming has accelerated so much that nothing will stop it. Regardless of the truth, we should primarily protect the seas and oceans, as they are a key element in the network of climate connections.
• "Real" winters will be less frequent
  Climate scientists have devised a different way of determining when winter begins and ends for their own needs. Climate winter is considered to be the period of the year when the average daily air temperature drops below 0 degrees Celsius.

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Służby Utrzymania Ruchu 2023/01 (Maintenance Service) (01-02)

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• Subject of the issue: Automation and robotics
  • CMS: the evolution towards robotics (6)
    The use of technical systems to assess the current technical condition of means of production has a tradition of almost a century. About 60 years ago, after the development of non-contact eddy current vibration sensors, vibration techniques began to be widely used to secure the operation of critical production means - starting with rotating machines. Over the decades, newer and newer techniques appeared, followed by monitoring system solutions that made the supervision of the technical condition more effective.
  • Poland at the forefront of the level of robotization in the world (16)
    The latest IFR report shows that the world of industry focused on robotization is returning to the upward trend before the economic freeze caused by the pandemic and the geopolitical situation. The pace of robotization in Poland for 2021 amounted to 56% year on year and overtook the leader of the global market of industrial robots - China.
  • A robot is a tool – like a car in transport or a computer in an office (20)
    Industrial robotics has been developing for years. However, in the last year, the demand for mechanical workers has clearly increased and, according to the IFR, resulted in a record result of over 517,000 jobs. new industrial robots installed in global industry. Greater interest in investing in robots was also visible in Polish production, which acquired 3,348 new robots. This acceleration shows that companies increasingly feel the need to optimize manufacturing processes and place high hopes in automation.

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Bezpieczeństwo Pracy i Ochrona Środowiska w Górnictwie (Work Safety and Environmental Protection in Mining) 2023/02

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• Safety of blasting works - part III
  The article analyzes blasting agents used in mining plants, with particular emphasis on emulsion explosives. Attention is paid to the testing of explosives generated in-situ by mixing and loading devices. In addition, an analysis of events related to the use of blasting agents in the operation of the underground mining plant was carried out.
• Threats in oil mining in the sea areas of the Republic of Poland
  LOTOS Petrobaltic is the only Polish operator producing hydrocarbons on the Baltic shelf. It holds 2 licenses for the production of crude oil and associated natural gas, and 3 licenses for their exploration and appraisal in offshore areas of the Republic of Poland. The company has 5 platforms, tugboats, ships and a land base with a transhipment quay. In connection with the risks and threats occurring in the operation of the plant in the sea areas of the Republic of Poland, the article presents a method of preventing them. LOTOS Petrobaltic has developed a number of preventive and mitigating measures. The main assumption is to eliminate the probability of a threat to life and health, and above all to eliminate and reduce occupational risk. The company's preventive policy includes technical measures, organization of work at individual positions and workplaces, creation of appropriate working conditions and employee training. The specificity of working at sea involves courses and training in safety at sea, first aid, individual rescue techniques or behavior in the event of a helicopter failure. In practice, drills are carried out in the field of sea evacuation of a vessel, pre-medical aid, fire on a sea vessel, rescue of a man overboard or combating oil spills. The mining rescue service of the entrepreneur must ensure the cooperation of sea rescue and mining rescue. The crew of the offshore unit, in addition to professional competences, qualifications and mining licenses, must also undergo courses and training in the field of safety at sea.

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Bezpieczeństwo Pracy - nauka i praktyka (Work Safety) 2023/02

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• News from the country (2)
• Jubilee Fair of Safety, Occupational Hygiene and Fire Protection (3)
• 30 years of OSPS OHS (4)
  On March 8-9, 2023, the 20th edition of the Safety, Occupational Hygiene and Fire Protection Fair will take place at the International Congress Center in Katowice.
• Accidents at work in 2022 (6)
• The use of personal protective equipment - what is worth knowing at the beginning of your professional career? (9)
  Safety rules should be the subject of education at the primary school stage, and then post-primary education, preparing for the beginning of a professional career. Of course, educational content and teaching tools should be appropriate to the level of knowledge at a given age. The content delivery model is also important. Given the variety of today's media and communicators, information will be easier to reach recipients when it has an attractive form, varied with images, films, etc. non-professional for students of secondary schools.

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