To date accidents on the premises of schools and other educational institutions, during the course of school activities have not been analysed thoroughly. Data show that over 1% of people under the care of schools (educational institutions) are involved in accidents. Unfortunately, fatal  and serious accidents are not excluded.

In the past 6 school years (2010/11-2015/16), 188 people died and 1269 had serious accidents. These datasuggest that improvement in safety on the premises of schools and other educational institutions should be supported by all parties involved.

This article presents the most important information in current acts of law and Polish standards on installing emergency lighting. It presents the Minister of Infrastructure’s list of places, where emergency escape lighting must be installed as well as the technical requirements it needs to meet. According to two bills and two ordinances, it is necessary to consult designs related to emergency escape lighting and to obtain a release-to-service permit related to emergency lighting luminaires.

Basic functions of evacuation lighting and a classification of lighting systems have been established on the basis of an analysis of relevant standards. This article also lists standards on graphic symbols, colours and safety sings.

This paper presents selected aspects of the organization of work at workstations equipped with hand-held machines.It considers legal requirements and discusses various technical solutions. It also considers problems related to machine selection and operation, and maintenance. The results of the study show that due to the increasing number of older operators, it is important to select the right workers for specific types of work. Due to the decreasing physical capabilities of this group of workers, it is necessary to reduce musculoskeletal load of the upper limbs.

To gather data on acoustic conditions in wards, sound levels were measured in selected health care facilities in the Podkarpackie voievodeship. In total, 26 wards in 4 hospitals were examined in day- and night-time. On this basis, three main groups of noise sources were identified: (a) activities and verbal communication of medical staff in the course of their routine work, and (b) technical equipment of hospital buildings (lifts, air-conditioning, doors) and (c) the surrounding infrastructure (car parks, roads).

An acoustic assessment based on tests and the requirements of Standard PN-87/B-02151/02 showed that limit values were exceeded in 58% of the examined wards. In the opinion of the Noise and Vibration Laboratory in Tarnobrzeg, there are some low- and no-cost organisational and technical ways to improve acoustic conditions in hospital wards.