Occupational hazards for fishermen in the workplace in Polish coastal and beach fishing--a point of view.
The work of marine fishermen is considered one of the most dangerous and life-threatening  professions all over the world. There are some common features of the fishing occupation, such  as: exposure to cold, wind, rough seas, substantial participation of physical effort, frequency of  injuries during work, unpredictability and abruptness of threats, equipment failure, everyday  psychological stress, and constant economic pressure. At the same time, the specificity and  variety of hazards, depending significantly on geographical-climate and cultural factors, makes  the dissimilarity of problems and solutions substantial in different sectors of fishing. The present  article is a review of the problems of Polish costal fishermen, referring to some local particularities  within this extremely difficult profession requiring special predispositions.
Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdynia, Poland. mariajez@gumed.edu.pl
Maria
M
Jeżewska
Marta
M
Grubman-Nowak
Irena
I
Leszczyñska
Bogdan
B
Jaremin
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