OSH by Construction Trade
Work at Height in Autumn: Wind, Rain, When to Stop
The wind that was bearable in the morning is throwing OSB boards off the roof by the afternoon. When the regulations tell you to stop work at height.
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PIP Inspection in Practice
Winterising a Construction Site: A Checklist
The first frost always arrives "unexpectedly". A checklist for site organisation, welfare facilities, equipment and documents before winter.
PIP Inspection in Practice
Site Lighting and Working After Dark
In November, by half past four the crew is working by phone torchlight. What lighting the regulations require and which works after dark are banned.
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OSH Documents on Site
Power Tools on Site: Checks and the Register
A grinder without a guard and a drill with tape on the cable are the first things an inspector sees. What checks the regulations require for power tools.
Developers & Liability
The Self-Employed on Site: Your OSH Duties
"He's got his own firm, he answers for himself" - Article 304 of the Labour Code says otherwise. Your OSH duties towards B2B crews on site.
OSH by Construction Trade
Ladders on Site: OSH Rules and Common Mistakes
The stepladder stands in for a leaning ladder and the missing rung is "common knowledge". When ladder work is allowed and how to set one up correctly.
Developers & Liability
Posting Workers Abroad: A1, Notification and OSH
You land a contract on a site near Berlin. Good rate, your crew ready to go, materials ordered.
Developers & Liability
Subcontractor OSH Responsibility: Who Answers
You take on a subcontractor for the facade, because your own crew can't keep up. Contract signed, price agreed, the lads go up on the scaffolding.
PIP Inspection in Practice
First Aid on Site: Kits, People and Procedures
A steel fixer cuts his forearm on a piece of protruding rebar. Blood is flowing and the nearest crew goes looking for the first-aid kit - only to find it hanging…
PIP Inspection in Practice
Fatal Accident on Site: Employer Duties & the PIP
This is the article no one wants to need - and that is exactly why you should read it before you need it.
PIP Inspection in Practice
Most Common PIP Failings on Construction Sites
A PIP inspector (Polish Labour Inspectorate) walks onto your site without warning. They have the right to.
OSH by Construction Trade
Working in Heat and Frost on Site: Employer Duties
July, midday, 34 degrees in the shade - except there is no shade on the roof. Your crew is laying felt, the asphalt is giving off fumes, and you watch the lads…
OSH by Construction Trade
Demolition Work: Safety Plan, Asbestos and Waste
A firm gets a job: demolish an old hall to make room for a new warehouse. The crew moves in with hammers, starts from the middle, cuts out whatever they can.
OSH by Construction Trade
Trenches and Earthworks: OSH Rules & Documents
A foundation trench, two metres deep, vertical walls with no support at all. A worker climbs down to fix the formwork, and at that moment the wall slides in.
PIP Reform 2026
PIP Reform 2026: What Changes for Construction Firms
From 8 July 2026, an inspector from the PIP (the Polish Labour Inspectorate) walks onto a construction site with a fatter ticket book and new tools.
OSH Documents on Site
OSH Coordinator on Site: When It Is Required
On one site your bricklaying crew is working, next to them an electrical firm, and on the other side roofers from another subcontractor.
PIP Reform 2026
KSeF and PIP: How Inspections Target Firms
Remember how people used to say: "small firm, two blokes on site, who'd ever come looking at us"? That doesn't work anymore.
OSH Documents on Site
Noise and Vibration on Site: OSH Limits & Measures
A demolition-hammer operator works his eighth hour and by evening his ears are ringing. In five years' time it will turn out he can no longer hear high tones.
PIP Reform 2026
Remote and Hybrid PIP Inspections
Until recently the logic was simple: if the PIP inspector (the Polish Labour Inspectorate) didn't set foot on site, there was no inspection.
PIP Reform 2026
50,000 PIP Inspections in 2026: The Statistics
I'll tell you straight: in 2026 the Polish Labour Inspectorate (PIP) plans around 50,000 inspections.
OSH Documents on Site
Hazardous Substances & Asbestos: Data Sheets
The crew is stripping an old asbestos-cement roof because the client wants a new one. Nobody has a mask, the sheets shatter into pieces, dust flies.
PIP Reform 2026
PLN 5,000 PIP Fine: The Full List of Penalties
Picture an inspection on site. The PIP inspector (the Polish Labour Inspectorate) asks for the occupational risk assessment. You don't have it.
OSH Documents on Site
Cranes and UDT: Operator & Equipment Documents
The crane stands on the site, the operator in the cab, the first lift of a precast element. And in walks a UDT (Office of Technical Inspection) or PIP (Polish…
OSH Documents on Site
Occupational Risk Assessment (ORZ) on Site
The occupational risk assessment - ORZ (occupational risk assessment) for short - is the paper every OSH (occupational safety and health) inspection on a…
OSH Documents on Site
IBWR: Safe Work Instructions on a Site
Doing work at height, digging a trench or bringing a crane onto a developer's site? Without an IBWR (safe-work instructions) you go nowhere.
OSH Documents on Site
Scaffolding: Handover, Inspections, Documentation
The scaffolding stands against the facade, the crew waiting to climb up and plaster. The foreman gives the signal: "we're going up".
OSH Documents on Site
BIOZ Plan vs BIOZ Information: Which You Need
You drive onto a site, the main contractor waves papers around, and your head's spinning: "do I need this BIOZ plan or not?".