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Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/eu-reforms-standardization-and-the-single-market/todays-forestry-sector-requires-up-to-date-standards

during work with large forestry machinery. This has prompted KAN to commission a study ( KAN Report 48, "Safety of forestry machinery" (pdf) ) into whether, and if so, to what extent, certain essential [...] units) must be treated separately....

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/safety-of-construction-machinery/light-more-than-just-vision

light was organized for the second time by KAN. Numerous stakeholders are involved in the subject; they differ to some extent in their objectives, however. The KAN workshop promotes the exchange of information [...] bodies, too, are already...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/eu-reforms-standardization-and-the-single-market/the-european-standardization-system-is-to-be-improved

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...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/digitalization-and-industry-40/nanotechnology-standardization-a-roadmap-for-osh-experts

al safety and health? How do OSH experts maintain an overview? Answers can be found in a new KAN study (pdf, in german) (Project partner: Dr Wolfgang Luther, VDI Technology Centre). In nanotechnology, [...] KANBrief 2/17 Nanotechnology...

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/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/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/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...