The humic industrial soil, made of the brown coal blanket, was investigated. Soil was examined in layers located at the following depths: 0-5, 10-15, 20-25, 30-35, 40-45 and 55-60 cm. The following properties were examined: texture, water content, bulk density, shear strength and penetration resistance. It was proven that the industrial humic soil, created from heavy textured soil (loam, clay) with high organic matter content (10,2 - 20,1g·kg-1), provides good conditions for the plant growth. The results showed that the soil had rather low or medium susceptibility to further compaction – calculated value of the packing density ranged from 1,66 to 1,75 Mg·cm-3. Although at high water content it can be susceptible to deterioration of the investigated physical properties. This was due to, among others the content of readily-dispersible clay (0,35-0,49g·100·g-1). The use of tillage equipment should not be associated with increased working resistance, particularly in arable layer, because the values of shear strength and penetration resistance do not exceed on average respectively the values of 163 and 970 kPa.