KANBrief 4/11 BAuA creates interactive product safety portal Trust is good, but supervision is better. Work equipment and other technical products such as machines, electric appliances, PPE or toys must [...] will be extended continually in the...
KANBrief 4/11 EUROSHNET organizes conference on product safety In Europe, a large number of players are involved in regulation, standardization, testing and certification in the area of occupational safety [...] 31 March 2012. We look forward...
KANBrief 4/11 How can harmonized standards be improved further? The strategy committee for occupational safety and health of AFNOR , the French standards institute ( Comité stratégique sur la sécurité [...] standardization work to a high...
KANBrief 1/12 Standardization: an important instrument in the area of prevention If standardization results in attention being paid to safety and ergonomics whilst work equipment is still at the design [...] closely by the DGUV in close...
KANBrief 2/12 European working party on standardization brings the state and social partners closer together In 2011, in response to an initiative by the employers’ liaison office at the KAN Secretariat [...] standardization topics and issues...
KANBrief 3/12 The role of standardization in schools In the education sector, standards primarily address ergonomic aspects and have the function of optimizing health and working conditions in the "school" [...] education sector together with...
KANBrief 1/13 Checklist assists in the formulation of measurement provisions in product standards Where safety requirements are set out in product standards in the form of measurable values, methods suitable [...] be incorporated into the basic...
KANBrief 1/13 Standardization of services: benefit for the trade and crafts sector doubtful The European standardization package became applicable on 1 January 2013. With this package, the European Commission [...] co-ordinates showing the...
KANBrief 2/13 From industry to the standard – and back again Christoph Preusse, head of the Occupational Safety Department at the German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the woodworking and m [...] company physicians and members of...
KANBrief 4/13 Responding to new products and requirements: a challenge for the standardization of PPE At many workplaces, personal protective equipment (PPE) is an essential element in measures for the [...] DGUV Petra Jackisch...