Safety and Work Organization Management in the Early Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Lignite Mining and Energy Sector in Poland

Sławomira Kamińska-Berezowska and Małgorzata Suchacka
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Sławomira Kamińska-Berezowska: Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 11, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
Małgorzata Suchacka: Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 11, 40-007 Katowice, Poland

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 12, 1-14

Abstract: The paper presents the results of sociological qualitative research on safety management in work organization. The focus was on how to adapt the workforce to the sanitary regime during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic in the lignite mining and energy sector in the Bełchatów poviat (Łódź voivodeship, Poland). The study aimed to identify the dimensions of safety and the work culture created in crisis conditions as perceived by workers. Based on the conducted analysis, the process of adapting employees to the new rules of work organization was reported, including the transition from fear and anxiety to control over threats and negative emotions. The essence of the research was to support institutional memory to consolidate the existing knowledge and use it in the future.

Keywords: COVID-19; pandemic; work safety; remote work; hybrid work; interpersonal relations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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