Decent work is a safe work – Questions & Answers

Decent work is a safe work – Questions & Answers, 2nd Edition

1. What control powers does the technical inspection inspector have?
2. How to organize a trial evacuation at the workplace?
3. What jobs can young workers do?
4. How to achieve thermal comfort in offices?
5. What are the effects of employee fatigue and lack of sleep?
6. What should protective clothing be like when working as a beekeeper?
7. Is an accident in an icy company car park an accident at work?
8. What do the colors of construction helmets mean?
9. How to become an OHS inspector?
10. What are the health and safety rules for demolition work?
11. What requirements must an OHS specialist from outside the workplace meet?
12. What is the employer’s liability for health and safety offences and offences?
13. What are the social costs of accidents at work?
14. Is working at height an extreme sport?
15. How to give first aid after a fall from a height?
16. What should pre-medical first aid look like in case of eye damage?
17. What are chemical agents in the work environment?
18. What are the employer’s obligations and  health and safety recommendations for working in a cold store?
19. What is worth knowing about recovery meals?
20. Why is preventive examinations important?
21. How to optimize OSH costs in the workplace?
22. What are the risks in office work?
23. What is the prevention of tick-borne diseases?
24. Does the type of employment affect the mental well-being and engagement of employees?
25. How to protect the health of employees in the heat?
26. What is the mandatory health and safety equipment of the car?
27. What are the contraindications to work in pregnancy?
28. What are the health and safety rules of a professional driver?
29. What are the benefits for accidents at work and occupational diseases?
30. What is the working time of a disabled person?
31. Who is obliged to perform psychotechnical tests?
32. What are the applicable compensation rates for accidents at work and occupational diseases?
33. What are the health effects of workers’ exposure to mechanical vibrations?
34. What are the effects of excessive physical workload?
35. Who is entitled to the allowance for work in harmful conditions?
36. Who and when should wear safety clothing?
37. What is the world’s TOP 5 hardest, but highest paid jobs?
38. What is a jumpchute?
39. Is fainting or fainting an accident at work?
40. What powers does the State Sanitary Inspection have?
41. What should the occupational risk assessment look like in the case of remote work?
42. Is it possible to test an employee’s sobriety when working remotely?
43. What are the harmful biological agents in car air conditioning?
44. How does noise affect humans?
45. Who can conduct health and safety training?
46. What are the most common workplace accidents?
47. Can faulty air conditioning during hot weather be the basis for refusing to perform work using a company vehicle?
48. Is an injury to a hair nail an injury in post-accident proceedings?
49. When is an employer required to give employees a drink?
50. Can you get sick leave for professional frustration?
51. What medical examinations must an employee go to work for?
52. Who can work at height?
53. How to prevent cervical spine ailments?
54. Are welding fumes a threat?
55. Does an employee have to check in and when?
56. What are the innovations in OSH?
57. For violation of which employee duties, the health and safety service may apply for a disciplinary penalty for the employee?
58. Is it possible to recall an accident witness from leave?
59. What are the occupational health and safety requirements for buildings?
60. What is vibration sickness?
61. What is the procedure for reporting an accident at work?
62. What is the purpose of on-the-job training?
63. What are the dangers of electric shock?
64. What is an explosion hazard zone?
65. What are near misses?
66. Who is a social labor inspector and what does he do?
67. Fainting, fainting – is it an accident at work?
68. Occasional work on holiday and an accident at work?
69. How to protect your eyesight at work?
70. Are the vibrations of quads or motorcycles harmful to employees?
71. How to conduct an annual health and safety analysis?
72. Is the employer obliged to provide employees with personal hygiene products?
73. Who is entitled to a preventive meal?
74. When should an occupational health and safety service be established in the workplace?
75. What is post-accident syndrome?
76. What are the key aspects of fire protection?
77. What is heat stress?
78. Is an accident in an icy company parking lot an accident at work?
79. How to motivate employees to follow safety procedures?
80. What are the basic elements of an occupational health and safety improvement program?
81. What is the accident register?
82. Why is the safe side position irreplaceable?
83. How to use an AED defibrillator?
84. What is the importance of social dialogue in shaping safe working conditions?
85. When is periodic occupational health and safety training not required?
86. Who is responsible for occupational health and safety in the workplace?
87. What are the penalties for failing to comply with occupational health and safety for employees?
88. What is the impact of vibration on employee health?
89. What is first aid for frostbite?
90. How to safely clear snow from roofs?
91. What is the purpose of the post-accident team?
92. What are the employer’s obligations in the event of harmful factors in the work environment?
93. What are the most common causes of accidents at work?
94. What role does psychology play in occupational health and safety?
95. What are the differences between CPR and resuscitation?
96. What are the safety rules regarding the use of electric scooters in the workplace?
97. How to stay safe in the e-Commerce and courier industry during the Christmas period?
98. Who is the employee representative and what are his/her responsibilities?
99. What working conditions must the employer provide on cold days?
100. How to ensure safe work for people aged 50+?
101. What are the safety rules regarding communication routes in the workplace?
102. When should the employer provide the employee with personal protective equipment, clothing and work shoes?
103. What is the KPP course?
104. Are teachers required to complete first aid training?
105. Occupational health and safety training Online or traditional?
106. How to protect employees from noise?
107. What does the term occupational disease mean?
108. How to prepare for an inspection by the National Labor Inspectorate?
109. What are the basic occupational health and safety requirements for welding work?
110. What is occupational hygiene and what are its benefits?
111. How often do health and safety tests need to be repeated?
112. What are the results of the audit of the implementation of remote work regulations?
113. What should I do in the event of an accident at work?
114. What should be included in a fire safety manual?
115. What are the safety rules for roadside earthworks?
116. How to protect employees from smog?
117. Is the employer obliged to provide first aid when working remotely?
118. What are the health and safety regulations for cleaning and spray painting?
119. What are the employer’s obligations to „non-employees”?
120. Can inspectors of the National Labour Inspectorate verify the temperature in workplaces?
121. What is the refund policy for prescription glasses?
122. What are the costs of depression associated with work?
123. Who is the person designated to provide first aid in the workplace?
124. What should be the equipment of a first aid kit?
125. When can an employer perform the tasks of the occupational health and safety service independently?
126. What does the spine of an office worker suffer from?
127. What impact does air quality have on the quality of work?
128. Who familiarizes students with health and safety regulations before laboratory classes?
129. How many kilograms can I lift at work according to health and safety regulations?
130. What role can or should the OHS service play in counteracting mobbing?

Decent work is a safe work – Questions & Answers, 1st Edition

1. What are the employer’s basic obligations in the area of occupational health and safety?
2. What are the supervisory authorities for working conditions?
3. What entities are subject to the control of the National Labor Inspectorate?
4. What is occupational risk assessment?
5. What institutions deal with the issue of occupational risk assessment?
6. What are the employees’ obligations?
7. What are the employee’s obligations regarding health and safety at work?
8. What types of OHS trainings are there?
9. How often do you need to carry out periodic OHS training?
10. What is the difference between special and harmful factors in the work environment?
11. Does the employer have to designate employees for health and safety tasks?
12. What are the employer’s obligations in hot weather?
13. What are the penalties for violating OHS rules in connection with the coronavirus?
14. What are the rules for performing preventive medical examinations during the coronavirus pandemic?
15. Coronavirus and employee health and safety training
16. What are the health and safety requirements in the field of hygiene and sanitary facilities?
17. Are first aid kits in workplaces obligatory?
18. What are WHO’s recommendations for employers to combat the spread of the Coronavirus?
19. What are the jobs that are particularly harmful to women’s health?
20. Is it possible to terminate an employment contract with a social labor inspector?
21. What is an accident at work?
22. What are the types of accident benefits?
23. What is the amount of lump-sum compensation for accidents at work and occupational diseases?
24. What are the health and safety responsibilities in a small business?
25. Are there any minor concessions on health and safety in a small company?
26. Are people working outdoors entitled to clothing that protects against UV radiation?
27. Does the employer have the right tyo test the employees for drugs?
28. Is the entrepreneur able to obtain funding for improving occupational health and safety?
29. What was the subject of the meeting of the Labor Protection Council on August 25, 2020?
30. When do we deal with stress in the workplace?
31. On what terms will remote work be applicable from September 5, 2020?
32. How is a home office accident qualified?
33. What is the # EU4FairWork campaign to tackle undeclared work?
34. Is the sanitary and epidemiological booklet still valid?
35. What is the inspection and supervisory activity of a labor inspector?
36. What elements does a post-inspection report drawn up by a labor inspector consist of?
37. What are the health and safety requirements in Norway?
38. What is the Norwegian HMS course?
39. What are the obligations of an employer and employee in the Norwegian legal system?
40. What is EU law on personal protective equipment?
41. Psychotechnical tests – who has to do them?
42. Employee on boosters – what steps can the employer take?
43. What are the recommendations for employers in connection with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus?
44. What is the preventive program of the National Labor Inspectorate „Safe at school”?
45. What are the employer’s obligations in the event of an employee having symptoms of an occupational disease?
46. How is occupational risk assessed in Norway?
47. What forms are used to document the occupational risk assessment in Norway?
48. What is the Agreement for Safety in Construction?
49. What was the main theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day?
50. What is the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work?
51. What was the subject of the Labor Protection Council meeting on November 17, 2020?
52. What is the Healthy and Safe Workplaces campaign – Carry Wisely?
53. What are the causes of musculoskeletal disorders?
54. What results from the report of the Safe at Work Coalition „Safety at work in Poland 2020. The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Polish labor market”?
55. What are the employer’s obligations related to working at heights?
56. How much compensation is due to the employee for training on a non-working day? How much compensation is due to the employee for training on a non-working day?
57. What is the „Security Culture” educational program about?
58. Should contractors be referred for OSH training and medical examinations?
59. What are the employer’s obligations during the winter period?
60. Is the employer required to update the occupational risk assessments related to COVID-19?
61. What was the theme of the conference entitled 'Unusual employment relations’?
62. What companies are the winners of the „Employer – organizer of safe work” competition in 2020?
63. Can an employee claim compensation in case of COVID-19 infection at the workplace?
64. What has changed since 16 December this year in the rules on preliminary and okes tests during the pandeia?
65. How should the employer comply with the obligation to provide personal hygiene products to employees?
66. What is OSH management in the context of an ageing workforce?
67. Young people and health and safety at work?
68. What are the specific risks to health and life?
69. What has changed in the list of carcinogenic processes?
70. What are the rules for safe snow removal of roofs?
71. Who makes the decision to recognise an occupational disease?
72. What is a safety audit at work?
73. How do I protect an employee in a car workshop?
74. What are OSH electronic tools?
75. How to observe safety in transport and storage?
76. Can an employer require vaccination against COVID-19?
77. What are the tasks of sanepid?
78. What are the sanepid permissions?
79. What are the employer’s and employee’s obligations to disinfect the workplace?
80. What is the risk of monotony?
81. Health and safety training in remote work – is it mandatory?
82. What are the most important principles of protection against fire protection in construction?
83. What is first aid in the event of an electric shock?
84. What are the fire hazards in large-scale facilities?
85. What are the health and safety rules for crane operators?
86. Can a remote work order be the reason for a reduction in the remuneration due to the employee?
87. What are the risks in the welder’s position?
88. What are the health and safety rules for welding?
89. What are the health and safety requirements for an office chair?
90. What are the obligations of the carrier in the event of a driver’s accident at work?
91. Is it obliged to wear a mask in the workplace?
92. What is ergonomic work at home?
93. What is the basic life-saving scheme?
94. What are the health and safety obligations for temporary agency workers?
95. How to ensure the safety of work near power lines?
96. How should I take care of health and safety in stock?
97. Is the employee entitled to a refund for the purchase of glasses for work at the computer?
98. How do I plan the placement of fire extinguishers in the workplace?
99. When does a company have to hire an OSH employee on an employment contract?
100. What is safe work on scaffolding?
101. What are the risks in office work?
102. Can a road traffic collision at the fault of an employee be regarded as an accident on the way to work?
103. What are the main differences between office and remote work breaks?
104. What guidelines apply to employers when organizing vaccinations against COVID-19?
105. What are the rules for lifting heavy objects?
106. What is wellbeing in the company?
107. How to implement wellbeing into your business?
108. How to provide first aid for the most common limb injuries?
109. Who can clean the air conditioning in the workplace?
110. Who is a health and safety expert?
111. What is job instruction?
112. What are the site manager’s responsibilities in terms of occupational health and safety?
113. Do I need to do another OSH training when I change jobs?
114. What do health and safety regulations say about the prevention of occupational diseases?
115. Howw to avoid the carpal tunnel syndrome?
116. What are the methods for reducing noise pollution in the workplace?
117. What is the use of high-visibility clothing?
118. How to choose protective gloves correctly?
119. Is there a limitation period for reporting an accident at work?
120. Can the employer refer the employee for psychiatric examinations?
121. How is the contractor’s work accidents accounted for?
122. Are checkups obligatory after a long-term sick leave?
123. What are the ways to reduce the thermal load on employees?
124. What are the occupational hazards in road transport?
125. Is health and safety training for seasonal and juvenile workers necessary?
126. What are the methods of assessing the employee’s energy expenditure?
127. Who is responsible for evacuation at the workplace?
128. What are the rules of safe work on a portable ladder?
129. What are the most dangerous jobs?
130. What does work in the health and safety industry look like?
131. Should apprentices be familiar with the occupational risk assessment?
132. Should trainees be familiar with the occupational risk assessment?
133. What is the position of the National Labor Inspectorate regarding vaccination of employees against COVID-19?
134. Can a tick bite be considered an accident at work?
135. What health and safety rules and regulations apply to the employment of disabled people?
136. What is the „3B” principle of working at a computer?
137. What are the rules for the safe use of car air conditioning?
138. What should be borne in mind when handling occupational health and safety at cleaning stations?
139. What are the required values ​​of artificial lighting intensity for individual workplaces?
140. Are employees entitled to an equivalent for washing masks?
141. Are health and safety tests and training obligatory for contractors?
142. How is the occupational risk assessed in remote work positions?
143. Is it possible to dismiss or punish an employee for not vaccinating?
144. Can the employer give employees used protective clothing?
145. Is the validity of psycho-technical tests of drivers during a pandemic prolonging?
146. Does sitting shorten your life?
147. What are the first aid rules during the coronavirus pandemic?
148. What are the penalties for disregarding OSH periodic training?
149. How often is it necessary to train casual workers working at height?
150. How to ensure safety when building silos?
151. Does the employer have to provide a smoking area for employees?
152. What is burnout?
153. How to counteract burnout?
154. What is sabbatical leave?
155. How to organize first aid in the workplace?
156. What are the results of the action carried out by the National Labour Inspectorate „Controls on small construction sites”?
157. What is the catalogue of offenses and crimes for violating health and safety regulations?
158. At what height should the fire extinguisher be hung?
159. How to adapt the space in the workplace for disabled people?
160. When should the employer provide meals?
161. How much does an accident at work cost?
162. What factors in the workplace may be detrimental to health?
163. What are the symptoms and effects of a sedentary lifestyle?
164. What are the rules of conduct when evacuating the building?
165. What are the safety rules for work in low temperatures?
166. What should be included in a referral for research in the case of harmful factors in the work environment?
167. What changes have been made in the field of accidents at work on September 18, 2021?
168. What are Wearable Technologies?
169. What are the uses of the aging suit?
170. Can the employer refer the employee to previous preventive examinations?
171. What are the health and safety requirements for working at the computer?
172. How to give first aid for burns?
173. What are the penalties for obstructing the control activities of the National Labour Inspectorate (PIP)?
174. What are the health and safety rules for the processing of milk and its derivatives?
175. How to ensure work safety in confined spaces?
176. What is the Health and Safety Committee?
177. What is the obligation to consult in the field of OSH?
178. What are the risks of assembly in the aerospace industry?
179. What accidents at work occur in the furniture industry?
180. What are the methods of reducing noise at helpline stations?
181. What are the health and safety requirements for hygienic and sanitary rooms?
182. What is the employer obliged to finance the employee’s glasses?
183. Should every employee undergo ohs training?
184. How to provide first aid for choking?
185. What certificates should winter clothing for employees have?
186. Response to an immediate threat to health or life at work – the right or duty of the OHS service?
187. What are the rules of conduct during a fire?
188. How many years has it been possible to work?
189. What amenities can a diabetic count on in the workplace?
190. How to strengthen mental resilience at work?
191. How to determine the types of personal protective equipment?
192. What should it look like to perform particularly dangerous work?
193. When can an employee suffer the consequences for non-compliance with health and safety rules?
194. What is corrective ergonomics?
195. What to do in the event of an accident at work of the contractor?
196. What is a widow’s hump?
197. After the end of the sick leave from the psychiatrist, is the employer obliged to refer the employee for examinations?
198. What are the tasks of a fire protection inspector?
199. What are the risks and head injuries?
200. What is digital hygiene?
201. When is it necessary to be removed from work in the event of a threat to life or health?
202. What are collective protection measures?
203. How long does it take to complete the first periodic OHS training?
204. What are the risks of working in trade?
205. What are the penalties for the lack of OHS training?
206. Can the lack of OHS training be the basis for disciplinary action?
207. How should first aid be given for flooding?
208. Is it possible to use the electronic form of documents in post-accident proceedings?
209. How should health and safety instructions be formulated?
210. What is occupational health and safety risk?
211. What are the components and technological processes that pose a particular risk to the employee?
212. What should I do with chemicals and ionizing radiation?
213. How to recognize a toxic working environment?
214. What are the requirements for candidates to work in OHS?
215. How to counteract stress at work?
216. Can employers set higher safety standards?
217. Is on-the-job instruction mandatory?
218. Who in the company is required to train in the field of health and safety?
219. What does the Office of Technical Inspection do?
220. What are the rights of social labour inspectors?
221. Who should draw up the accident report?
222. What are the employer’s obligations to work at heights?
223. What are the employer’s obligations to ensure adequate indoor health and safety?
224. When should I make a report to the Sanepid?
225. How much is the compensation for an accident at work?
226. How many accidents were there at work in 2021?
227. Coworking and OHS?
228. How to recognize occupational diseases?
229. What are thehealth and safety concerns of a farmer employing workers?
230. How to ensure safe work for employees from Ukraine?
231. Can medical examinations after illness be used in several workplaces?
232. How is an accident at work accounted for by a contractor?
233. Whatkind of work can juvenile workers do?
234. What hazardous substances can we deal with in the workplace?
235. What are the consequences for an employer of a serious accident at work?
236. What accidents at work occur in Poland?
237. How many years do you have to do OHS training for teachers?
238. Why are more and more companies opting for defibrillators?
239. How should the manning be planned for vertical transport using a tower or quick-assembly crane?
240. How often should workwear be replaced?
241. Is there a statute of limitations for reporting an accident at work?
242. What are the consequencesfor the labour inspectorate and sanitary inspection?
243. How to survive the heat at work?
244. What kind of noise in the office is the most bothersome?
245. Should the occupational risk assessments for the risk of smallpox be updated?
246. What are the causes of forklift accidents?
247. What is the case for disregarding periodic OSH training?
248. What training should an employee who performs work at height on a casual basis undergo?
249. How have health and safety regulations changed in public transport and intercity bus transport?
250. What changes the replacement of the state of epidemic with the state of epidemic threat?
251. How to take care of proper lighting of the workplace?
252. What is an example of an antidote to stress in the workplace?
253. What responsibility does the employer have for mobbing?
254. Mobbing in the workplace – how to distinguish criticism from harassment?
255. Should periodic OHS training be conducted during the state of epidemic emergency?
256. What is meant by drinking water for employees?
257. How to ensure the personal safety of social workers?
258. What documents confirm the validity of the medical examination carried out at the previous employer?
259. At what height should the fire extinguisher be suspended?
260. What are  the health and safety rules in  hairdressing and cosmetics establishments?
261. What are the jobs forbidden to female employees?
262. How to deal with stress at work?
263. What are the effects of shift work?
264. What is the operational safety status of forklift operators?
265. What is a BIOZ PLAN?
266. What should be the temperature in the work rooms?
267. What does the new statistical accident at work card look like?
268. What are the sources of threats most common on farms?
269. Should post-accident proceedings be carried out in an accident at a distance work?
270. What are the obligations of employers in hot weather?
271. Are first aid kits in the workplace mandatory?
272. Should the trial evacuation be carried out by the employer?
273. What should be the fire regulations in the workplace?
274. Why does lighting matter?
275. What should be the lighting in the workplace?
276. Which institutions operate in the field of OHS protection?
277. What does work on construction sites look like in terms of occupational health and safety?
278. Is it possible to reduce the scale of accidents during remote work and at home?
279. What are the health and safety rules during garden and household work?
280. Is the manager obliged to check the employee’s wearing of corrective glasses during work?
281. To whom does the employer have to provide employee lockers?
282. What is an occupational disease and what does it involve?
283. What is the risk of long-term work in front of the monitor?
284. What are the employer’s obligations in terms of fire protection?
285. What is worth knowing about regenerative meals?
286. How does long-term work in asedentary position affect the body?
287. What is stress at work?
288. Is counteracting employee stress a new ohs duty?
289. The right or obligation to sign the protocol of the PIP inspector?
290. What are the health and safety features in the construction, reconstruction and renovation of vessels?
291. What is an accident register?
292. For what purpose is on-the-job instruction carried out?
293. How to conduct training in the use of automatic external defibrillators (AED)?
294. What are the health risks at the work of a salesperson?
295. What factors affect the microclimate in the workplace?
296. Is there a definiteaxial weight of objects carried by one person?
297. What requirements should the escape stairs meet?
298. How to work safely with power tools?
299. What is the mandatory health and safety equipment of the car?
300. How to help employees fight the stress caused by war?

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