Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardization (KAN)

We represent occupational health and safety interests in the standardization process



KANBrief 4/24

30 years of KAN

  • 30th anniversary of KAN
  • KAN legal opinion on standardization in workplace and building regulations law
  • KAN adopts a position on the instrument of common specifications
  • ISO 1999: not all quiet on the acoustics front
  • Three questions for: Ilka Wölfle, Director of the ­German Social Insurance European Representation
  • Prevention of occupational accidents and diseases in Italy

Download KANBrief 4/24:

KANBrief 4/24, English (pdf)
KANBrief 4/24, full trilingual print version (pdf)
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KAN Study

Digital ergonomics

Survey and evaluation of findings concerning human factors in the sphere of digital ergonomics

The report provides an overview of digital human models (DHMs), their
characteristics, and what they are capable of. In addition, the authors identified the
motion capture (mocap) systems that had been examined in studies.

Download KAN Study 07/2023 (pdf) (German with an English summary)
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