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Electronic documentation in occupational health and safety offers an efficient way to meet legal requirements and systematically organize occupational safety. It includes the digital recording of risk assessments, time sheets, instructions and inspections of work equipment.
Violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act can have serious consequences. Examples of such violations include an inadequate risk assessment, a lack of protective measures or inadequate safety precautions such as unsuitable escape routes or incomplete first aid equipment.
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The Biological Substances Ordinance (BioStoffV) protects all employees working with biological agents (biological substances) across all industries. The ordinance was revised on July 23, 2013 in order to transpose EU Directive 2010/32/EU (“Needlestick Directive”) into national law. The fifth revised edition is now available on the website of the LASI (Länderausschuss für Arbeitsschutz und Sicherheitstechnik).
Since it was founded 30 years ago, the Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardization (KAN) has dealt with a wide range of topics. In the beginning, it was mainly concerned with product safety standards; today, KAN deals with standardization policy developments, among other things: from artificial intelligence to climate change and the circular economy to the revision of the EU Standardization Regulation. The KANBrief now reports in detail on the symposium that KAN hosted in Berlin to mark its 30th anniversary.
Effective occupational health and safety is based on many elements and their interaction. This includes not only an appropriate and up-to-date set of rules and regulations, but also coordinated cooperation between the various stakeholders in different committees. The current issue of the publication “baua: Aktuell” sheds light on how the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) is further developing the structures, strategies and instruments of occupational safety and thus contributing to the effectiveness of occupational safety.