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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.
Although the SARS-CoV-2 Occupational Health and Safety Ordinance and Rule no longer apply since the end of May 2022, it remains important to check and initiate measures for occupational infection protection. The German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) points this out. There is still a fundamental obligation to consider infection risks in occupational health and safety as part of the risk assessment.
Although the SARS-CoV-2 Occupational Health and Safety Ordinance and Rule no longer apply since the end of May 2022, it remains important to check and initiate measures for occupational infection protection. The German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) points this out. There is still a fundamental obligation to consider infection risks in occupational health and safety as part of the risk assessment.
Germany’s best young scientists have also tackled problems relating to health and safety at work in the 2022 national “Jugend forscht” competition. Maximilian Pfannkuch (19), Jaro Filip (19) and Dominik Hein (19) from Hesse received the Federal Education Minister’s prize for the best interdisciplinary work. The three of them designed an innovative, app-controlled cleaning system that effectively disinfects room air with the light of LEDs.
The pandemic has massively changed the working conditions of many employees. The first shifts in working hours and working from home are also already being reported. The current results of the working time survey conducted by the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) are currently being determined and a status quo before the pandemic has now been published.