An Occupational Profile of People Injured in Accidents at Work in the Polish Construction Industry

The aim of the research conducted by the authors of this article is to present the occupational characteristics of people injured in accidents at work in the Polish construction industry. The article presents the results obtained from the analysis of occupational accidents that occurred in the years 2008-2014 in five voivodships of Poland, namely: Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Slaskie, Lubelskie, Dolnoslaskie and Lubuskie. The paper identifies and examines the impact of the following characteristics: the employment status of a victim, occupation, age, length of service, preparation of the employee to perform duties at a workplace and the size of an enterprise in which the accident took place. 485 occupational accidents were analysed, 37% of which were fatal accidents, 61% were severe, and 2% were light.