Bezpieczeństwo pracy na statkach żeglugi śródlądowej - stan faktyczny i prawny oraz uwagi de lege ferenda
Occupational safety during inland shipping – factual and legal state and de lege ferenda remarks

Summary/Abstract: Occupational safety on ships during inland shipping is a complicated subject due to particular working conditions, quite different from those on land. Depending on the tasks carried out, the size and the technical state of the inland shipping ships, harmful and onerous factors include noise, vibrations, high or low temperature, as well as limited space of both workplaces and social rooms. The work on the inland shipping ships is also connected with the particular work time distribution. Since the age of the majority of inland shipping ships in Poland exceeds 50 years, occupational safety is a very serious issue. Working conditions largely rely on the owner’s due diligence and the crew’s sufficient work culture, whereas they should also come from suitable regulations. The problem is that currently only work time distribution is regulated via legal code in relation to work on inland shipping ships. Since 2002 there have been no detailed regulation concerning occupational safety towards crews of the inland shipping ships. This gap in the Polish regulations seems to be a problem requiring a fast reaction.

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