Report from XIX International Symposium of Ergonomics, Work Safety and Occupational Hygiene in Agriculture - Practical Problems Related with Work Protection in Agriculture

The XIX International Symposium of Ergonomic, “Work Safety and Occupational Hygiene in Agriculture-Practical Problems Related with Work Protection in Agriculture” was held from 3-4 December 2012, at the Witold Chodźko Institute of Rural Health in Lublin, in which participated 89 researchers and practitioners from Poland and Ukraine. The Symposium was organized by the Institute of Rural Health in Lublin, in association with the Agricultural Social Insurance Fund-Agency in Warsaw, the Agricultural Property Agency-Agency in Warsaw, Polish Ergonomics Association-Agency in Lublin, Chief Sanitary Inspectorate in Warsaw, and the Trade Union for Agricultural Workers of the Republic of Poland in Warsaw.The President of the Organizational Committee was Prof. dr hab. n. med. Jerzy Zagórski, President of Ergonomics and Safety Commission of the International Association of Agricultural Medicine and Rural Health (IAAMRH); the Scientific Secretary was Prof. dr hab. Leszek Solecki, President of the Polish Ergonomics Association, Agency in Lublin.