Abstract
The aim of the paper is to elaborate the current state of accidents at work
in Poland in the years 2002–2014. The emphasis is placed on the analysis of
the level, structure and trends in accidents at work in Poland. In the article
also causes and effects of the occupational accidents are discussed.
The article consists of 4 main parts: introduction, information in the field
of registration of accidents at work – European and national context, occupational
accidents in numbers and conclusions. The main source of empirical
data were statistics provided by the Central Statistical Office in Poland.
The Author has proven that in the considered time period working conditions
in relation to the accidents at work did not improve significantly. Work
in Poland did not become safer. In the years 2002–2014 the total number of
occupational accidents and the overall ratio of accidents at work (the number
of the injured persons per 1,000 of the employed) did not change a lot.