New Opportunities and Challenges in Occupational Safety and Health Management - Paperback

by Daniel Podgórski (Editor)

The book will be a knowledge collection for practitioners in the field of Opational Safety and Health (OSH). They will learn how to effectively prevent accidents at work and occupational diseases and shape a healthy working environment using modern methods and tools suitable for dynamically changing business practice.

Author Biography

Daniel Podgórski graduated from the Faculty of Electronics of the Warsaw University of Technology and received his Ph.D. degree at the Faculty of Mechatronics of the same University. Since 1984 he has worked for the Central Institute of Labour Protection (currently CIOP-PIB), initially as a researcher in the Department of Ergonomics and the Department of Safety Engineering, and then, as the Deputy Director for Management Systems and Certification. The scope of research carried out by Dr Daniel Podgórski included mainly the analysis of factors influencing the implementation of OHS management systems in enterprises and the application of selected KPIs to monitor the operational performance of OHS management processes. In recent years his scope of scientific interests and competences has been extended to cover the development and implementation of smart personal protective equipment (smart PPE) and other Internet of Things technologies to facilitate OSH risk management at Industry 4.0 workplaces.