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What is the difference between personal protective equipment and work clothing? Is there any difference between personal protective equipment and work clothing? The answer is yes. Personal protective equipment protects the health and physical integrity of employees from physical, chemical, and biological hazards during work. It has protective capabilities defined by standards and norms. Work clothing provides increased protection due to the nature of the activity...

In recent years, and again this year, there have been several reports in the media about landfill sites catching fire here and there. In the course of our work, we have encountered an interesting situation in this area. The treatment, disposal, selective sorting, and recycling or landfilling of residential and municipal waste delivered to landfills is carried out in accordance with the environmental authority's permit. The...

According to a report by the Ministry of Finance's Occupational Safety Department, occupational safety inspections affected 14,298 employers in 2018. The inspections covered compliance with rules on safe working practices that do not pose a health risk. The authorities found occupational safety irregularities at 72.81% of the employees inspected. During the inspections, the working conditions of 309,319 employees were examined. Irregularities were found at 67.2% of the employees inspected, i.e. 207,965 people...

In 2017, the Occupational Safety Department of the Ministry of Finance launched a two-year national occupational safety campaign entitled „Focus on agriculture – safety at work comes first.” The main objective of the campaign was to draw the attention of employers, employees, and professionals working in the sector to safe working practices. In 2016, there were 18 fatal accidents in the agricultural sector. The results of the targeted occupational safety campaign were already evident in 2017...