Communication (2022)

Occupational Safety Poster Competition - the 31^th edition (2022): Communication

Central Institute for Labour Protection - Research Institute in Poland organises Occupational Safety Poster Competition every year. This year we decided that the theme of the 31st edition of the Occupational Safety Poster Competition was "Communication".

 
XXXI Competition Rules

COMPETITION RESULTS

Three main prizes and five distinctions were awarded in the competition.

MAIN PRIZES:

 DISTINCTIONS:

   Exhibition

The prize awards ceremony in the 31st edition of the OSH Poster Competition 2022 and the official opening of the post-competition exhibition will take place on November 30, 2022 in the main hall of the Central Institute for Labour Protection - National Research Institute in Warsaw.

List of posters selected for the post-competition exhibition [pdf]

   Jury Meeting

The meeting of the Competition Jury was held at the Central Institute for Labour Protection - National Research Institute on November 9, 2022. A record number of 500 poster designs was submitted to the competition. The jury awarded three main prizes and five distinctions. 50 works were selected for presentation in the catalogue and post-competition exhibitions.

   Members of the Competition Jury

1. Prof. Tomasz BOGUSŁAWSKI – Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk
2. Szymon CIENKI – Chief Sanitary Inspectorate
3. Marta DERLICKA – Former curator of the competition
4. Prof. Adam GEDLICZKA – Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków
5. Zygmunt MIERZEJEWSKI – All-Poland Trade Union Alliance
6. Prof. Sławomir IWAŃSKI – National Film, Television and Theater School L. Schiller in Łódź
7. Mieczysław PIRÓG, Ph.D. – Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław
8. Jolanta PISKA – National Commission of NSZZ "Solidarność"
9. Prof. Władysław PLUTA – Professor emeritus of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków
10. Bożena PYSIEWICZ – Poster Museum at Wilanow – Division of the National Museum in Warsaw
11. Zdzisław SCHUBERT – senior curator of the Poster and Design Gallery of the National Museum in Poznan
12. Urszula JANUSZEWSKA– Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
13. Artur SOBOTA - National Labour Inspectorate
14. Marcin STANECKI - Ministry of Family and Social Policy
15. Prof. Marek STAŃCZYK – Academy of Fine Arts in Warszawa
16. Wiktor Marek ZAWIESKA, Ph.D. (Eng.), D.Sc. (Eng.) – Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute

   Topic of the 31st edition of the Occupational Safety Poster Competition: COMMUNICATION

“Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.” - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American writer and pilot, used to say. Professor Jerzy Bralczyk, a distinguished linguist, claims in turn that language not only describes reality, but also creates it. That is why COMMUNICATION has been chosen as a topic of this year’s occupational safety poster competition.

But what is communication in the workplace? It is not only, as one definition says, “the exchange of information in direct or indirect contact with another person”. It is also one of the key elements of a company’s occupational safety management. Communicating properly and effectively with employees, both directly and through electronic tools, about work-related risks increases their knowledge of workplace safety, which in turn affects their ability to make the right decisions in the workplace and perform their work safely. Effective communication between superiors and subordinates, as well as between employees, is of paramount importance for good relations and for shaping a safe and friendly working environment.

The results of the CIOP-PIB survey indicate that for years OSH training has been the primary method of providing information on occupational safety in Polish enterprises. Most often such trainings have been used to share knowledge on hazards, personal protective equipment and occupational safety problems. Unfortunately, despite the fact that this method of communicating OSH problems has been so popular, its quality and attractiveness leave much to be desired, which is reflected in the low rating of these trainings by both employees and employers.

How we communicate affects workplace relations, which are part of the work safety culture. Safety culture, in turn, translates into workers’ attitudes towards compliance with workplace safety rules. How much needs to change here is shown by Statistics Poland data indicating that, for many years, inappropriate employee conduct has consistently been the most common cause of accidents at work. To what extent is this a consequence of not understanding the instructions given? How often are conflicts at work the result of a failure to understand each other? It therefore seems necessary to draw workers’ attention to the role of correct and positive communication in building healthy, safe and friendly workplaces.

   Occupational Safety Poster Competition

The competition is organised every year by the Central Institute for Labour Protection - National Research Institute in cooperation with Academies of Fine Arts (in Krakow, Warsaw, Lodz) and under the patronage of the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. It is attended by artists, professors and students of artistic universities in Poland and abroad. The jury of the competition consists of representatives of artistic professions, science, ministries of health and labour, and trade unions, as well as companies whose business is related to the poster topic.

The aim of the competition is to attract posters promoting occupational safety and health protection in the working environment.

Organisers:   Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute in Warszawa Faculty of Industrial Design, Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków Faculty of Industrial Design, Academy of Fine Arts in Łódz. Faculty of Industrial Design, Academy of Fine Arts in Warszawa

Competition schedule:

  1.10.2022 - announcement of the competition

4.11.2022 – deadline for submitting posters

9.11.2022 – competition jury meeting (Warsaw)

30.11.2022 – the final of the competition and the opening of the post-competition exhibition

Competition enquiries:

Agnieszka Szczygielska – curator of the competition
e-mail: agnieszka.szczygielska@ciop.pl, tel. +48606369736

Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute in Warszawa

Czerniakowska 16, 00-701 Warsaw
phone: +48 226233686
 
Posters taking part in previous editions of the competition can be viewed by following the profile on Instagram.