How much alcohol do I drink every day? Is my alcohol consumption still in the “green zone” and when do I pour myself a glass of beer or wine? How can I manage to drink less alcohol? Answers to these questions can be found with the help of the free and ad-free drinking diary app from Basi member Deutsche Hauptstelle für Suchtfragen (DHS).
Spring brings more sunny days – and therefore risks for people who work outdoors. This is because solar radiation can cause sunburn in the short term and light skin cancer in the long term. The example of energy supplier WEVG Salzgitter shows how companies ensure good UV protection.
Bicycles with electric motors are popular: every fifth person over the age of 55 owns a pedelec. This is the result of a recent representative survey conducted by the opinion research institute Kantar Public on behalf of the German Road Safety Council (DVR). “The pedelec has become part of everyday life for older road users: 71 percent of over 55-year-olds ride their electric bike at least once a week,” says DVR President Manfred Wirsch. “Tour de Freude – sicher unterwegs mit dem Pedelec” (Tour of Joy – safe cycling on a pedelec) is the name of the DVR’s nationwide prevention campaign to prevent accidents involving pedelecs.
A current explanatory film by KAN, the Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardization, deals with the information on personal weight in standards and regulations. The body weight of people plays a major role in the safety of products or work equipment. The value of 75 kilograms for persons used as a basis in many standards is no longer up to date.
The coronavirus pandemic is still reflected in the provisional accident and occupational disease figures that the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) has now published: in 2022, a total of 368,841 reports of suspected occupational diseases were received by the accident insurance institutions. According to a special survey by the DGUV, 294,446 suspected cases of COVID-19 were reported.