• Logo of KANPraxis Modules: Learning ergonomics and illustration of a person in front of a screent with a technical drawing of a car

    Modules: Learning ergonomics

    The website provides ergonomic subject-matter specially developed for use in teaching… to the modules

Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardization (KAN)

We represent occupational health and safety interests in the standardization process


News

Die KAN wünscht frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes neues Jahr. An einer Lichterkette hängen Kugeln und Sterne mit den aktuellen Themen der KAN in 2026: Exoskelette, Fahrerlose Maschinen, Duroshnet Konferenz, Normungsverordnung, Neue KAN-Website, Klimawandel, KI, Körpermaße, Digitaler Produktpass. © Michael Hüter
2025-12-22

KAN wishes you a Merry Christmas!

The team at the KAN Secretariat would like to thank you for your…

vier aufeinandergetürmte Holzwürfel mit dem Wort INFO ©Maks_Lab - stock.adobe.com
2025-12-12

Pilot phase for European Agile Specifications

In recent years, standardisation has faced growing criticism for…

Illustration of the information included in a digital product passport: chain of custody, return & repair information, compliance with social standards, authenticity guarantee, reuse & recycling potential, material composition, technical documentation, production data © VectorMine – stock.adobe.com
2025-12-10

DIN/DKE SPEC on the digital product passport for batteries

The digital product passport will be a source of useful information…

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2025-12-02

EU news flash

In mid-November, the European Commission launched a public…

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KANBrief 4/25

Highly-automated mobile machinery

  • Driverless mobile machines: a challenge for occupational safety and health
  • Driverless – but safely, please: KAN position statement on highly automated, driverless mobile agricultural machinery
  • Omnibus packages: fast track procedure for EU reforms
  • Fire services and standardisation
  • EUROSHNET Conference 2026: Digital and green innovations – Shaping the future of occupational safety and health
  • New EN 14404 standard: effective protection for the knee

Download KANBrief 4/25:

KANBrief 4/25, English (pdf)
KANBrief 4/25, full trilingual print version (pdf)
List of all KANBrief issues 

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)
List of all KAN Studies


KAN

KAN is composed of representatives from

  • Government
  • Employers
  • Employees
  • German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV)/VFA
  • German Institute for Standardization (DIN)
  • Permanent guests:
    • Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy
    • DKE German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies
    • Social Insurance for Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture (SVLFG)