DGUV Supervision
With the DGUV Regulation 2, the employers' liability insurance associations accident insurance bodies of the public sector define a uniform guideline for the supervision of the adherence to the federal Occupational Safety Law.
Within the scope of occupational safety supervision, each company must be looked after by a company doctor and occupational safety officer, with the employment of the first employee.
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Occupational Safety- und Workmedical Supervision
In order to determine the working time for a basic support for your company, we need the following information:
- NACE code and risk classification (classification of your employer's liability insurance association)
- Number of employees (full-time equivalent or individual data such as full-time, part-time, minor employees, etc.)
Our experts are at your disposal to determine the DGUV-compliant period of time for the regular supervision and company-specific supervision of an external occupational safety specialist as well as for occupational health care - or in combination with other duties of appointment.
As a all in one solution, next to the safety monitoring with our specialist for occupational safety - we can also offer the medical safesty service with our medical cooperation partner.
Our medical cooperation partner can offer you preventive medical check-ups in accordance with the following regulations of the employers' liability insurance association and governmental regulations:
- Ordinance on Occupational Health Precautions
- Ordinance on Hazardous Substances
- Biological Substances Ordinance
- Radiation Protection Ordinance, X-ray Ordinance
In addition, our cooperation partner offers occupational medical opinions and medical examinations for special questions in the context of legal disputes and in procedures of company reintegration.
The employers' liability insurance associations have created uniform guidelines that allow companies to determine how much supervision is required within the framework of basic safety mentoring or medical attendance and also specific attendance (extended supervision in hazardous branches) provided by the occupational safety specialist and occupational medical.
Further information of legaly compliance system for your work safety and health prevention
The duties of a specialist for occupational safety (SiFa) for basic mentoring include in particular:
- Support in the preparation and evaluation of risk assessment
- Verification of the target and actual status of work equipment, work systems and work organisation
- Development of a training system
- Development of safety operating instructions
- Support of the safety warden, if necessary training and further education of the safety warden
- Support of the Hazardous Substance Officers, if necessary training and further education of the Hazardous Substance Officers
- Direct advice to management on legal bases, legal certainty (compliance)
- Participation in the Occupational Health and Safety Committee meetings
- Preparation of an annual report
The Occupational Health and Safety Committee has the task of discussing occupational safety concerns with those involved in the management of the company
- accountable reperesentative of the organisation
- Occupational Safety Officer (intern or external appointed Person)
- Occupational medical officer, doctor
- if applicable work council representative
The Health and Safety Committee meets at least once a quarter. There are no exeptions allowed.
Annual report for company management (audit criterion ISO 45001)
An annual occupational safety report (OSR) is intended to identify the possible need for action as well as successfully established concepts. At the same time, it is a record of the activities of the representatives and evaluates the legally compliant documentation of the fulfilment of duties. An OSR should largely include the following aspects:
- Deployment times of the delegates
- Frequency and findings of site inspections
- Summaries of Occupational Safety Committee meetings (ASA),
- Advice and recommendations on detected misalignments and improvements.
A company doctor (company medical service / occupational health officer) must be involved in all questions of occupational health for the employees of a company.
The duties of the medical service for basic care include in particular:
- Assessment of existing working conditions on the health of employees
- Information for management and employees on health hazards from exposure to hazardous substances
- Information on the consequences of exposure to noise, infections, load handling, etc.
In the area of precaution at defined working conditions or in the handling of certain substances with potential occupational health hazards, the Occupational Medical Law demands precisely defined measures of health assessment. The medicals portfolio of services also includes occupational health check-ups, which, however, are not part of the company's liabilities in connection with occupational health and safety supervision. These are two separate issues. The basic supervision time does not include the medical check-ups.