Miroslaw Koziura dismissed from the post of President of the State Mining Authority – Interia
The position remained second vice presidents WUG Wojciech Magiera. According to regulations, the Office of the President appoints and dismisses the prime minister, while staffing vice presidents is the domain of the minister of energy.
Mining Authority since last year, is subject to the supervision of the Ministry of Energy; before mining supervision was subordinate to the minister of the environment.
WUG, mainly associated with coal mines, oversees all matters related to mining and quarrying in Poland. In addition to coal mines, copper, zinc and lead ores and salt, they include mines and hole – in total in Poland there are over 7 thousand. mining companies employing approx. 200 thousand. employees; less than 40 of them are underground facilities.
In Thursday’s statement published on the website of the State Mining Authority no reason given for dismissal president nor a procedure for the election of his successor; previously as head of mining supervision was filled by competition.
In addition to the WUG supervision of mining creates 11 regional mining authorities and one office specialist. Supervision of mining is not only security issues in the mining industry, but oversees all matters related to the exploitation of minerals in Poland, also in technical terms. Mining authorities approve the plans traffic mines can also stop improperly performed work or defective machines and punish non-compliance.
Miroslaw Koziura directed to the Office for over two years – when the end of February 2014. Was president of WUG Peter Lithuania was provincial governor of Silesia, Koziura began to perform his duties. More than three months later, in June, he was appointed President of WUG. In the competition for a new CEO competed the three candidates, from which the then Environment Minister Maciej Grabowski recommended to Prime Minister Donald Tusk was Koziurę.
The 63-year-old Miroslaw Koziura is a graduate of the Faculty of Mining Silesian University of Technology, where he earned a master’s degree in mining engineer. In the years 1978-1985 he worked as a representative of supervision in the mines Niwka-Modrzejów, cheerful and General Zawadzki, then was employed District Mining Office in Sosnowiec. With the WUG is associated since 1995 .; since 2008. he was vice president of the office.
Among the priorities for action WUG Koziura exchanged primarily at improving safety in the mining industry. With Office data show that last year was the safest in the industry for years. Since 2007. The total number of accidents in the mining industry decreased by approx. 33 per cent., Including in coal mines by over 28 percent. In 2015. Reported a significant reduction in the number of accidents in all categories, including the fatal accidents and serious by half in relation to the previous year.
Last year, nearly 1.9 thousand. times inspectors mining stopped incorrectly performed works or faulty equipment in mines. The amount of fines for irregularities exceeded half a million zł.
Last year, the Polish mining industry occurred in 2158 various incidents, in which 19 miners were killed and 12 were seriously injured. Traditionally, most accidents were in coal mines.
In the past five years (the end of 2015.) In the mining industry recorded a total of 12,767 cases, of which 77.7 per cent. in coal mines, 16.1 percent. mines copper ore, 3.1 percent. in opencast mines and 1.2 percent. the borehole mines and companies engaged in geological work.
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