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<p>The epidemic is affecting the global economy, plunging many industries. The global scale of the epidemic and government controls, restrictions and constraints have led to imbalances in world trade and have put many companies under pressure. The epidemic is a test of individual companies’ ability to operate effectively under new conditions, including occupational risk management. The research was conducted using a questionnaire method, the study was attended by 199 respondents. The research is burdened with an error in the selection of statistical sample units, which resulted from the respondents’ involvement and their truthfulness. The research was burdened with an estimation error of 0.07. The research was divided into two parts related to freezing the economy and social life and their defrosting. The aim of the article is to assess the occupational risk management activities that determine the prevention of OSH in an extreme situation, which was the immediate freezing of the economy and social activity in connection with the epidemic and then their gradual unfreezing. The conducted research allowed confirming the accepted hypothesis that the effectiveness of actions protecting the health of employees, and thus the production capacity of enterprises in a crisis situation, is related to the size of the plant, and this may be indirectly related to the system of organization of occupational health and safety services in the country.</p>
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The epidemic is affecting the global economy, plunging many industries. The global scale of the epidemic and government controls, restrictions and constraints have led to imbalances in world trade and have put many companies under pressure. The epidemic is a test of individual companies’ ability to operate effectively under new conditions, including occupational risk management. The research was conducted using a questionnaire method, the study was attended by 199 respondents. The research is burdened with an error in the selection of statistical sample units, which resulted from the respondents’ involvement and their truthfulness. The research was burdened with an estimation error of 0.07. The research was divided into two parts related to freezing the economy and social life and their defrosting. The aim of the article is to assess the occupational risk management activities that determine the prevention of OSH in an extreme situation, which was the immediate freezing of the economy and social activity in connection with the epidemic and then their gradual unfreezing. The conducted research allowed confirming the accepted hypothesis that the effectiveness of actions protecting the health of employees, and thus the production capacity of enterprises in a crisis situation, is related to the size of the plant, and this may be indirectly related to the system of organization of occupational health and safety services in the country.

Occupational Risk Management at Production Plants in Poland during the Covid-19 Epidemic

Management Systems in Production Engineering

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The epidemic is affecting the global economy, plunging many industries. The global scale of the epidemic and government controls, restrictions and constraints...

Occupational Risk Management at Production Plants in Poland during the Covid-19 Epidemic

Pubblicato online: 24 giu 2021

Pagine: 193 - 202

Ricevuto: 01 gen 2021

Accettato: 01 mag 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mspe-2021-0024

Parole chiave
occupational risk management, COVID-19, production plants

© 2021 Krzysztof Nowacki et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Occupational Risk Management at Production Plants in Poland during the Covid-19 Epidemic

Pubblicato online: 24 giu 2021

Pagine: 193 - 202

Ricevuto: 01 gen 2021

Accettato: 01 mag 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mspe-2021-0024

Parole chiaveoccupational risk management, COVID-19, production plants

© 2021 Krzysztof Nowacki et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Parole chiave
occupational risk management, COVID-19, production plants