Safety in day-to-day work

Occupational safety that works inside the company.

Clear responsibilities, dependable processes and traceable measures for safe workplaces and predictable operations.

The situation we usually find

Occupational safety needs a structure that carries in day-to-day business. In many companies the requirements, the responsibilities and the records sit in different hands. That produces coordination loops, unclear deadlines and gaps between assessing a risk and doing something about it.

An organisation that holds up connects the legal requirement with what actually happens on site. Risks become visible, measures become manageable, and decisions become traceable for management.

  • Responsibilities are not documented unambiguously.
  • Risk assessments (Gefährdungsbeurteilungen) and the measures they produce are not followed through consistently.
  • Several sites work to different standards.
  • Instruction, inspections and records live in separate processes.

Organisation and responsibilities

We set up the safety organisation itself: the delegation of duties (Pflichtenübertragung), the appointment of an occupational safety specialist (Fachkraft für Arbeitssicherheit), and the work of the health and safety committee (Arbeitsschutzausschuss) required under the Occupational Safety Act (Arbeitssicherheitsgesetz, ASiG) and DGUV Regulation 2 (DGUV Vorschrift 2).

Identifying and assessing risk

Risk assessments, safety inspections, hazardous-substance management, and the safety of plant and machinery. The assessment is the instrument the law puts at the centre of German occupational safety, so it is where the work starts rather than a document produced afterwards.

Anchoring measures in daily work

Operating instructions (Betriebsanweisungen), employee instruction (Unterweisungen), training, and personal protective equipment. A measure that exists only on paper changes nothing; the point is that it is understood and used by the people it protects.

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Memberships

Our professional affiliations are not marketing; they are a prerequisite for our work.

  • MEMBERAssociation of German Company and Works PhysiciansProfessional association for occupational and company physicians
  • MEMBERBerlin Partner for Business and TechnologyBerlin's business development agency
  • MEMBERBerlin State Office for Occupational SafetyOfficial recognition as an inter-company service
  • MEMBERGerman Social Accident Insurance Institution for the Administrative SectorStatutory accident insurance
  • MEMBERAssociation for Safety, Health and Environmental Protection at WorkProfessional association for safety engineers

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