in standardization? Over 100 interested individuals responded on 31 March 2011 to the invitation by KAN, the DGUV (German Social Accident Insurance) and the EBD (Network European Movement Germany) to attend
package“ on 1 June 2011: A strategic vision for European standards in the form of a communication (pdf) . This contains a series of non-legislative measures such as concepts, targets and foci by which the [...] challenging the principle of...
walls and work surfaces around the screen, paint them with a medium colored, non-reflective paint.” KAN position paper focuses OSH interests In order for users of standards to be able to attain the objectives [...] for the existing provisions...
1/11: Ergonomics standards to be made more user-friendly The ErgoMach programme: ergonomics for all KAN workshop on anthropometry: applying human body dimensions correctly DIN workshop discusses standards
KANBrief 2/11 Occupational safety and health in Italy has been restructured On 31 May 2010, Italy’s Superior Institute for Job Accident Prevention and Safety (ISPESL) and Insurance Institute for the M
KANBrief 4/10 Safe workplaces involving collaborative robots: from research to standardization When human beings and robots work in close proximity at the same workplace, a risk of collision cannot be
the government’s standards agreement with DIN and its current framework policy on standardization. KAN recommends that, particularly in joint DIN/VDI committees, committee members vote for documents of [...] should be given before documents are...
checklists but require an understanding of strategies. With the development of the tuition modules, KAN has taken a significant step towards equipping the next generation of engineers and raising awareness [...] 1/11: Ergonomics standards to be...
KANBrief 4/10 The 2006/42/EC Machinery Directive, one year on: adaptation of standards now largely complete Over the past three years, the workload of European safety standardization work has been hea
KANBrief 4/10 PEROSH: collaboration for improving the quality of OSH research PEROSH, the Partnership for European Research in Occupational Safety and Health ( more information on PEROSH and its joint