Objective:
Assisting the employer in safety at work and accident prevention in all questions relating to the protection of health.
Contents:
Advising the employer on the:
- Planning, implementation and maintenance of installations and social and medical equipment,
- Procurement of technical equipment,
- Selection and testing of personal protective equipment,
- Dealing with physiological, psychological, hygiene-related and other ergonomic questions that arise, in particular the coordination of working cycles and working time, organisation of breaks, layout of workstations, work processes and the workstation environment,
- Organisation of first aid in the workplace,
- Responding to questions of changes to the workplace and the integration and re-integration of the disabled into the working environment,
- Observation of the implementation of protection at work and accident prevention by regular inspection of workplaces,
- Introduction of work processes and substances,
- Holding safety at work committee meetings,
- Investigating the causes of any accidents at work and making suggestions regarding the avoidance of hazard,
- Layout of workstations, the work process, the working environment (ergonomics at the workstation, lifting and carrying etc.).
Obligations:
Appointments based on minimum working time calculated according to §2 of the BGV A2 (employers‘ liability insurance association accident prevention regulation) for the appropriate company.
