{"id":1767,"date":"2026-10-13T12:47:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T12:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/guidebooks\/poland-workshop-health-and-safety-compliance-guidebook\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T12:47:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T12:47:03","slug":"poland-workshop-health-and-safety-compliance-guidebook","status":"publish","type":"guidebook","link":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/guidebooks\/poland-workshop-health-and-safety-compliance-guidebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland Workshop Health and Safety (BHP) Compliance Guidebook for Automotive Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What this guidebook covers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From July 2026, a breach of health and safety (BHP) rules can be fined up to PLN 60,000 (PLN 90,000 for a repeat), and exposing a worker to danger to life or health is a crime carrying up to 3 years in prison (art. 220 of the Criminal Code). Vehicle lifts are supervised by UDT (the Office of Technical Inspection): without a current UDT decision they must not be used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This guidebook covers 5 workshop safety standards, with 12 checkpoints: lifts with a UDT decision, guarded inspection pits, the paint shop and chemicals, risk assessment and training, including work on electric vehicles, and accident reporting. The guidebook PDF is in Polish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 5 workshop safety standards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Code<\/th>Standard<\/th>Ideal fix time<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
BHP-01<\/td>Lifts with a UDT decision<\/td>Immediate<\/td><\/tr>
BHP-02<\/td>Inspection pits guarded<\/td>24 hours<\/td><\/tr>
BHP-03<\/td>Paint shop and chemicals<\/td>Immediate<\/td><\/tr>
BHP-04<\/td>Risk assessment and training<\/td>7 days<\/td><\/tr>
BHP-05<\/td>Accidents reported<\/td>72 hours<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How to run a Polish workshop health and safety (BHP) audit, step by step<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Confirm what applies.<\/strong> List every lift, pit and paint booth, and include high-voltage work on electric vehicles in the risk assessment.<\/li>\n\n
  2. Walk the site, standard by standard.<\/strong> Score each of the 12 checkpoints Pass, Fail or N\/A. N\/A only where the standard rules it out, with the reason recorded. Check the UDT documents and watch a car being lifted, walk the pits, check the paint booth and exposure measurements, and compare the accident register with sick leave.<\/li>\n\n
  3. Capture the evidence.<\/strong> A pass counts only with proof captured at the time of the audit: UDT decisions, photos of the pits, measurements and safety data sheets, BHP documentation and the accident register.<\/li>\n\n
  4. Give every fail an owner and a fix time.<\/strong> Record what you saw and who owns the fix. Each standard carries an ideal fix time, from immediate to 7 days, counted from audit submission (see the table above).<\/li>\n\n
  5. Fix it, then prove it.<\/strong> The site fixes the cause and uploads proof of closure; the auditor checks the proof before closing the finding.<\/li>\n\n
  6. Re-check at the next audit.<\/strong> Confirm closed findings stay closed, and look for the same fail at your other sites so one gap doesn't repeat across the network.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Who this guidebook is for<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • Boards: the criminal liability<\/li>\n\n
    • Service managers: equipment and procedures<\/li>\n\n
    • Safety (BHP) staff and auditors: walking the workshop like an inspector<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      A reference document, not legal advice. Fines and rules change: check the current text with the regulator or your legal adviser before acting.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Vehicle lifts, inspection pits, the paint shop, risk assessment and accidents: what PIP and UDT check, and why an accident can end in a criminal court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1846,"menu_order":40,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_as_region":"Poland","_as_topic":"Health and safety","_as_edition":"Edition 1 \u00b7 2026","_as_standards":"5","_as_checkpoints":"12","_as_pages":"10","_as_language":"Polish","_as_law":"Labour Code (section X, BHP) \u00b7 Technical Inspection Act \u00b7 Criminal Code, art. 220","_as_regulator":"PIP (National Labour Inspectorate), UDT (Office of Technical Inspection), Sanepid (State Sanitary Inspection), public prosecutors","_as_facts":"PLN 60,000 | fine from July 2026\n3 years | in prison for endangering a worker (art. 220 Criminal Code)\nUDT | technical supervision of vehicle lifts","_as_pdf":1768,"_as_checklist_1":900,"_as_checklist_2":813,"_as_checklist_3":863,"_as_guide":0,"_as_solution":557},"class_list":["post-1767","guidebook","type-guidebook","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guidebook\/1767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guidebook"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/guidebook"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guidebook\/1767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1769,"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guidebook\/1767\/revisions\/1769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}