Compilation:
monthly.
Publication:
quarterly and annual.
umowa zleceniacontracts, members of farmers' cooperatives, working family members, and persons employed on the allotments of the employees of state-owned farm holdings and on the allotments of members of farmers' cooperatives.
Persons working on individual farms are excluded.
In 1997, about 11,704,600 workers were covered.
Occupational accidents occurring outside the country involving employees of employers established in Poland are included. Accidents involving persons who are normally resident outside the country are not included.
Commuting accidents are not included.
Data on occupational diseases are not included in the statistics on occupational injuries; they are collected separately by the Institute of Labour Medicine.
a sudden occurrence, caused by an external reason, resulting in the person being injured, which arose in connection with work:
Also considered as equivalent to an occupational accident, regarding the rights to benefits is an accident occurring:
an accident due to the same event at a given workplace involving at least two persons.
an accident as a result of which the injured person died at the scene of the accident or within six months of the accident.
an accident resulting in a serious bodily injury, such as loss of sight, hearing, speech, ability to reproduce, or other bodily injuries, or health defects which hamper basic bodily functions, or an incurable or life-threatening illness, total or partial inability to work in one's trade or profession, or a permanent serious disfigurement or body deformation.
a basic (first) incident in the course of the accident, defining the person's contact with the material agent (source) which caused the accident.
the material agent which contributed to the occurrence of the accident.
all the deficiencies and inadequacies connected with the material (technical) agent as well as the worker, including his inadequate behaviour, which contributed directly or indirectly to the occurrence of the accident.
the sum of values of damage to machines, equipment, tools, raw materials, finished products and buildings, including furnishings, which was caused by the accident.
Minimum period of absence from work:
none.
Maximum period for death to be considered a fatal occupational injury:
within six months of the accident.
(a) personal characteristics of workers injured:
sex, age, occupation, number of years in the job;
(b) amount of worktime lost:
total number of calendar days lost;
(c) characteristics of accidents:
date and time of day, type of accident, work activity at the moment of
the accident, number of hours worked up to the time of the accident,
location of accident, total number of persons injured, outcome of the
accident;
(d) characteristics of injuries:
part of body injured, type of injury;
(e) characteristics of employers or workplaces:
location, economic activity, public or private sector.
It is compiled for all occupational injuries leading to temporary incapacity to work, i.e. except for fatal injuries and injuries leading to permanent incapacity to work.
A temporary absence from work of less than one day for medical treatment is counted as a loss of one workday.
(a) fatal or non-fatal accidents;
part of body injured:head; face; right eye; left eye; trunk including neck; right arm; left arm; right forearm; left forearm; right hand; left hand; fingers of right hand; fingers of left hand; right thigh; left thigh; right shank; left shank; right foot; left foot; whole organism; other;
hazardous, harmful or burdensome agents which caused the
accident
: machines and other equipment when moving; mobile parts
of machines and of their tooling as well as the moving tools;
moving products, intermediate products and materials; upsetting
of the structure; falling objects (machine parts turned loose,
tools, materials, stones, pieces of rocks, etc.); sharp,
protruding elements: blades, sharp edges, rough surfaces;
workplace being situated at a different level than the surface of
the environment; enclosed, narrow spaces, ways of access,
passages; slippery, uneven surfaces; hot or cold surfaces;
explosive and inflammable substances and materials, infectious
materials and their carriers; electric current with voltage up to
1 kV; electric current with voltage over 1 kV; static
electricity; noise; general mechanical vibrations;
electromagnetic radiation; ionizing radiation; electric or
magnetic field; toxic chemical agents; irritating chemical
agents; microorganisms and macroorganisms as well as their
products; repulsive, unpleasant agents, or ones providing
additional stress (e.g. strong smells), pollutants; forced
contact with water, work in cumbersome weather conditions
(especially when it rains or snows), etc.; dynamic physical
burdening; mental stress; other factors;
sources of factors causing the accident
: minerals, raw
materials, materials, intermediate products, final products
(minerals - 3 groups; products, intermediate products used in
construction industry, formed from natural raw materials - 11
groups; elements made of sheet metal (with the exception of those
stamped) - 3 groups; pipes, bars, sections made of metals
(intermediate products) - 7 groups; products made of wood, raw
products (logs, timbers, chipboards) - 12 groups); water, air,
technical gases, plastics, synthetic resins; equipment for
processing - 6 groups; equipment for processing, storing,
transmission and distribution of energy and its carriers - 11
groups; communication roads, land, water and air vehicles
(floors, pavements, squares and their elements, roofs of
buildings - 13 groups; stairs, landings, platforms - 17 groups;
equipment for horizontal transportation - 10 groups); machines
and equipment used to draw out raw materials, water, gas, produce
paper, tar board, leather, furs, etc. - 11 groups; machines and
instruments for selecting, cleaning and air-conditioning, for
health service; measuring devices, monitoring systems and
laboratory equipment, office machines - 15 groups; machines and
equipment for working, forming, joining (machines for plastic
working of metals - 1 group; presses, stamping dies, moulding
machines - 11 groups; drills for metalworking as well as stone,
ceramics, glass, etc., - 3 groups; turning lathes for
metalworking as well as stone, ceramics, glass, etc., - 8 groups;
grinders and cutting-off machines for metals - 7 groups; circular
saws for woodworking, plastics, etc., - 15 groups); machines,
equipment and fittings for lifting, carrying, storing, filling
and packing (machines and equipment for lifting - 7 groups;
multicomponent loads, transported or stored (pallets, bound-up
loads, supporting devices, etc.) - 9 groups; boxes, bags, sacks,
buckets, bathtubs, containers, etc., - 7 groups); tools, joining
elements, parts of driving gears, parts of scaffolds and building
back-up facilities, parts of buildings (hammers, punches, axes,
jumpers - 6 groups; knives, sickles, shears, glass cutters,
pincers - 4 groups; needles, screwdrivers, hand drills - 10
groups; interior equipment (tables, chairs, cabinets, shelves,
counters, display cases) - 9 groups; elements of buildings'
structure, construction site equipment - 9 groups); machines,
equipment, tools for land cultivation, animal breeding,
gardening; forestry, bee-keeping, fish-farming, hunting, arms,
plants, animals, nature forces, people, rescue vehicles, wastes
(machines, plants, animals -10 groups; fragments, spalls, chips,
spikes, splinters, fragments - 14 groups); unassigned sources of
agents;
causes of accidents
: the improper condition of the material
agent (construction defects or incorrect technical and ergonomic
solutions in the material agent - 10 groups; inadequate quality
of work in manufacturing the material agent - 3 groups; material
defects of the material agent - 2 groups; improper operation of
the material agent - 4 groups; inadequate general work
organization - 15 groups; inadequate organization of the
workplace - 7 groups; lack or inadequate use of the material
agent by the employee - 9 groups; employee's failure to use
protective equipment - 4 groups; improper unauthorized behaviour
on the part of the employee - 8 groups; improper psychophysical
condition of the employee - 6 groups of causes; improper
behaviour of the worker - 9 groups of causes;
(h) characteristics of workers;
place where the accident occurred
: production room;
warehouses and storage yards; non- production rooms; public
utility rooms; traffic routes; means of transportation;
construction site; farm holdings; underground facilities; inside
parts of tanks; power engineering facilities; water reservoirs;
forests; other locations;
activities performed by the victim at the time of the
accident
: handling stationary machines and equipment in the
process of production; handling mobile machines and equipment in
the process of production; driving means of transportation;
riding on means of transportation; transportation, reloading,
manual storage assisted by technical devices; transportation,
reloading, manual storage unassisted by technical devices;
repairs and maintenance of machines, equipment and means of
transportation; working with the use of mechanized tools; work
with the use of non-mechanical tools; work without tools; office
and administrative work; activities related to supervision and
control; activities as part of the preparation and cleaning of
work-places; participation in a rescue operation; activities not
connected with the production process (rest, moving without any
load, etc.); other activities;
classification of event causing the accident
: falling, stumbling,
slipping on a plane; falling down from a height; falling into recesses,
channels, etc.; hit, caught, weighed down by material agents (factors)
transported mechanically or manually; contact with sharp hand tools
while they are in motion; hit, caught, weighed down by machines, parts
of them, equipment, tools, means of transportation; hit, caught, weighed
down by a falling, spilling, outpouring of material agents; contact with
sharp immobile material agent; hit against immobile material agent;
contact with dangerous and harmful chemical substances (caustic,
blister, etc.); other kind of contact with material agent; fire,
explosion; breakdowns and other inefficiencies of material agents;
forces of nature (struck by lightening, flood, etc.); medical emergency
(heart attack, stroke, etc.); other events;
An injury is included in the statistics for the period in which the accident was reported.
Rates of fatal and non-fatal injuries, per 1,000 persons employed.
On 1 January 1990, changes were introduced in the types of data compiled, classifications and definitions used.
The following tables are published:
Each year:
Each quarter:
Glówny Urzad Statystyczny (Central
Statistical Office): Accidents at work
(annual).
idem: Quarterly monitoring on accidents at work
(quarterly).
idem: Biuletyn Statystyczny (Statistical Bulletin)
(monthly).
idem: Maly Rocznik Statystyczny
(annual).
These publications contain brief methodological notes about the statistics.
All the available data are published, and can also be made available on diskette, on request.
All types of occupational injuries should be notified within 15 workdays of the accident.
The following information is collected in the Accident Statistical Card:
The questionnaires are mailed to the survey enterprises, and employers provide the information requested.
No adjustments are made for bias due to non-response or any other bias. Benchmark data are not used.