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The new Hazardous Substances Ordinance introduces important changes to protect employees who work with carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic substances. The focus is on adapted regulations on asbestos and a binding risk concept. In future, all companies that work with carcinogenic hazardous substances must be guided by a “traffic light principle” for risk assessment. This concept, which was already anchored in the Technical Rule for Hazardous Substances 910 (TRGS 910), is now legally binding.
The German Hazardous Substance Protection Award (GSP) recognizes exemplary and pioneering activities to protect against hazardous substances in the workplace. Individuals, groups of people, companies and organizations that are particularly committed in this area can apply until 30 April 2024.
As part of the successful A+A Expert Talks webinar series, Basi organized an event on the topic of hazardous substances: four experts answered questions from around 500 listeners. The experts’ presentations can be downloaded as a PDF – you can also read the answers to the questions asked in the chat.
Do we work more relaxed and effectively if we plan more intensively and precisely? How do we deal safely with carcinogenic hazardous substances? And: What risks to our health can we generally expect in the workplace in the future? Answers to these and other topical questions can be found at the upcoming events of Basi, the Federal Working Group for Safety and Health at Work, with its guests – online, on site or hybrid. From October 2022, the “Call for Participation” will also be looking for exciting topics for the A+A Congress 2023.
Exposure to carcinogenic hazardous substances in the workplace often goes unnoticed at first, although it must be given special consideration in the risk assessment. Serious damage to health is then only discovered far too late. This makes it all the more important to take special precautions for certain activities. The hazardous substance check of the Joint German Occupational Safety and Health Strategy (GDA) is helpful here.