According to German
legislation and regulations of the Berufsgenossenschaften, every employer
has to implement safety at work addressing company processes and procedures.
By doing this, the employer can not only lower the risk that employees
will be suffered from accidents at work or industrial diseases but
it helps to ensure an undisturbed production process with a positive
commercial impact.
The Safety at Work Act (Arbeitssicherheits-
gesetz - ASiG) and other regulations of the Berufsgenossenschaften
require that companies have to appoint Health and Safety Managers
to provide support and advice to the employer and management to implement
company processes and procedures that address health and safety issues
in accordance with all legal requirements. The Health and Safety Managers
have the following tasks: |
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1.
To provide advice to the employer and other management staff responsible
for health and safety at work.
2. Occupational safety checks
before commissioning of industrial facilities, before usage of new
technical equipment and introduction of new technological processes.
3. Observation of the companys
performance how health and safety requirements are addressed, identification
of shortcomings, proposals to eliminate these shortcomings and support
of the introduction of corresponding measures, investigation of accidents
at work, information on health and safety at work issues, and encouragement
of a safe behavi-
our at work. |