XXV Conference ‘Problems of Safety and Health Protection in the Polish Mining Industry’

This year’s event was held under the honorary patronage of the Minister of Industry, Marzena Czarnecka. The rich agenda of the conference included many remarkable presentations on different types of mining and covered a broad spectrum of current OSH problems in the mining industry.

An essential highlight of the first day of the congress, apart from the conference presentations, was the signing of two cooperation agreements between the Chief Labour Inspector and the President of the State Mining Authority and between the President of the Office of Technical Inspection and the President of the State Mining Authority. Both documents aim to strengthen the cooperation between the signatories in implementing their statutory tasks.

The conference ‘Problems of safety and health protection in the Polish mining industry’ has been held since 1999 and has a cyclical character. Its main objective is to present current issues and actions taken to improve occupational safety in various aspects of the Polish mining industry. For years, the conference has been delivering solutions to crucial problems of mining in the field of:

• occupational health and safety,
• mining natural and technical hazards
• general safety,
• modern mining machines and equipment
• qualifications and personnel training.