KANBrief 1/12 German Product Safety Act: a clean sweep? On 1 December 2011, the German Equipment and Product Safety Act (GPSG) was replaced by the new Product Safety Act (ProdSG). The new name of 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 s
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
KANBrief 2/12 Greater safety during the sawing and splitting of firewood Accidents occur on machines used for the cutting of firewood. In order to reduce the accident rate even further, the standards
KANBrief 2/12 OSHWiki, examples of good practice and tools for SMEs: EU-OSHA provides help in the field Since September 2011, the post of Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
KANBrief 1/12 The rules and regulations of the German Social AccidentInsurance institutions A core element of the Joint German OSH Strategy (GDA) is the statutory obligation to produce a coherent body
KANBrief 1/12 The block vote: a very "special case" With a presidial decision taken in 1996, DIN moved to protect stakeholder groups in standardization activity at national level. The presidial decisi
KANBrief 1/12 A guideline paper ensures clarity in the body of OSH rules and regulations On 31 August 2011, the institutions responsible for the Joint German OSH Strategy (GDA) and the social partners
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 desig
KANBrief 2/12 Test finger: tested and found to be too short A test finger can be used to test whether the enclosures of machines and installations are designed such that persons are not able to come i
