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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/4/21/new-strategies-for-new-challenges

©Robert Bernhardt Dr Dirk Watermann has been Head of the KAN Secretariat and Director of KAN since 2014. In this interview, he provides an insight into KAN’s current and future areas of activity before he retires [...] So we can say that KAN’s...

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...

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/standardization-for-the-situation-on-the-ground/judges-consider-standards-and-specifications-to-be-highly-informative

referred to in court rulings, and for what reasons, was the subject of a legal report (pdf, in german) produced on behalf of KAN and published in december 2016 (Project partner: Professor Dr Thomas Wilrich (lawyer) [...] meaning in court...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/safety-of-mobile-machinery/inspiring-the-world-congress

KANBrief 4/14 Inspiring: the World Congress © DGUV - Kongressbild Bild 1 © KAN - privat © KAN - privat [Translate to Englisch:] Bild 3 In August 2014, the XX World Congress for Safety and Health at Work [...] is that we abandon technical jargon...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/service-standards-are-in-the-ascendency/the-diversity-of-service-standards

activity is advisable. Where occupational safety and health is concerned, KAN's position on the standardization of services (pdf) and CEN Guide 15 apply: the health and safety of workers at work should [...] addressed occupational safety and...

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/occupational-safety-and-health-in-japan/needle-puncture-testing-din-spec-91365

with the traditional standardization rules in force. KAN's position paper concerning the inclusion of safety and health aspects in specifications (pdf) states that DIN SPEC (PAS) documents are by definition [...] a standard. KAN is therefore...