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Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/new-guideline-documents-on-ergonomics/test-finger-tested-and-found-to-be-too-short

such that persons are not able to come into contact with dangerous parts. An assessment (pdf) commissioned by KAN has found however that test fingers to EN 60529 do not always guarantee this protection [...] which specifies a length of 80 mm...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/mobility-in-our-time/electric-kick-scooters-on-german-roads-observations-one-year-on

25f. pdf, in German) has therefore recommended that personal light electric vehicles that are ridden standing should be fitted with indicators. Section 5 (4) of the draft version of the eKFV (pdf, in German) [...] within the accident...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/what-we-do/machinery/machinery-ergonomics

standards) is adressed in the article "Ergonomics in machinery: problems and potential solutions" (pdf) , published in Technische Sicherheit vol. 7 (2017) n. 10 - October, p. 12-14 ( www.technischesicherheit [...] of the collision risk to be...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/new-tasks-await-kan/anthrax-co-a-controversial-cen-document-concerning-biological-safety

considerable impact in practice. KAN regards CWAs as an unsuitable instrument for the formulation of safety or health-related provisions. The stakeholders represented in KAN consider it necessary for the [...] documents to be amended...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/the-eu-and-standardization/how-up-to-date-are-harmonized-standards-governing-machine-safety

significance in this respect, the Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardization (KAN) has conducted an analysis to determine whether harmonized standards governing machine safety are still [...] C standards govern a specific...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/colloquium-15-years-of-kan/on-the-political-agenda-participation-in-standardization-activity

recommendations for improved access to standardization (Refer to the conference publication ( KAN Report 45 (pdf) ) were derived from the study and are currently being discussed at the European Commission [...] KANBrief 4/09: Fifteen years of...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/the-office-work-of-today/safe-storage-of-wood-pellets

widely appreciated that dangerous concentrations of carbon monoxide (CO) may arise in pellet stores. KAN saw a need for action in this area, and since 2014 has either launched or provided expert support for [...] background and based upon a...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/market-surveillance/co-ordination-of-market-surveillance-in-the-eu

Mattiuzzo mattiuzzo@kan.de KANBrief 3/14: Co-ordination of market surveillance in the EU The trade unions' expectations of market surveillance The ZLS: presenting an institution KAN study: biomechanical [...] European Commission presented a...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/4/23/occupational-safety-and-health-institutes-in-several-countries-adopt-position-on-standardization

sufficiently involved in the standardization processes. The joint declaration (pdf) was published in December 2023. Freeric Meier meier@kan.de KANBrief 4/23: The new EU Product Safety Regulation Fall-protection [...] institutes in several...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/personal-protective-equipment/safe-storage-of-wood-pellets

In storage however, pellets emit carbon monoxide gas. This has already caused several fatalities. KAN sees a need for action in this area. Its response has included initiating the production of a DGUV [...] und Verkehr Sachsen. Abschlussbericht...