BEZPIECZEŃSTWO PRACY - MONTHLY (OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY)

NO 8/2019 AUGUST




From technological revolution towards socioeconomic transformation – non-standard forms of job execution in the digital age
Magdalena Dobrzyńska

The article analyses changes on modern labour market and an expansion of non-standard forms forms of job execution in the so-called digital economy, focusing on individual, social and public factors. The role of non-standard forms of job execution for labour market flexibility is developed, in the context of digital economy and online platform work. At micro level, the concept of individualism is considered. At social level, changing social roles are described. In the last part, the article focuses on transformation of modern state and public expectations.



Men’s knowledge and beliefs about their care for health – results of in-depth interviews
Katarzyna Hildt-Ciupińska, Karolina Pawłowska-Cyprysiak

Men's health behaviors and care for health are getting more explored, due to adverse statistics on morbidity, mortality and chronic diseases for this group. Men generally assess their health well, declare that they care about it, and yet, what more often they fall ill, which they could avoid by following the principles of a healthy lifestyle, including, above all, rational nutrition and physical activity.
This article presents data from direct interviews with 51 men, which show that they have a lot of knowledge about health and care for it, but unfortunately it does not always transform into their health behaviors. Men are happy to talk about their health and show interest in this subject, which allows to conclude that a properly planned health education program for them would bring the desired effects in the form of greater health care.



Signal transfer through the hearing protectors with the regulation of damping in the presence of the impulse noise
Rafał Młyński, Emil Kozłowski

Level-dependent hearing protectors are used ever so more frequently to protect the hearing of persons exposure to impulse noise. A clear advantage coming from the use of this type of hearing protectors, compared to other types, lies in the improvement of the perception of useful signals. However, in spite of such advantages it is during their use one can observe the effect of “blocking” of the sound transfer underneath the hearing protectors (meaning the limitation of the signal transfer through the hearing protectors), occurring directly after the appearance of the acoustic impulse.
The article presents an analysis of the acoustic signal transfer underneath the level-dependent hearing protectors in the situation of the acoustic impulse appearance. The analysis aimed at the definition of the time of the “blocking” of noise transfer underneath the hearing protectors effect as well as the decrease of the -sound pressure level resulting from the mentioned effect. Towards that goal a special work stand was prepared, consisting of impulse signal source, a continuous noise and an acoustic test fixture (artificial head). The research had shown the time of the “blocking” effect during the use of the level-dependent hearing protectors to be reaching 1.2 seconds and the decrease in the value of the equivalent sound pressure level, resulting from such effect, to be exceeding even 16 dB.



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