KAN - Commission for Occupational Health and Safety and Standardisation Eckhard Metze Head of the Employers Office Sankt Augustin, 05 December 2013

Standards determine our everyday life. At home… 05 December 2013Visit of the Slovene delegation Seite 2

and of course at work. 05 December 2013Visit of the Slovene delegation Seite 3

05 December 2013 Is standardisation important for OH&S? Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC “Member States shall take the appropriate measures to enable the social partners to have an influence at national level on the process of preparing and monitoring the harmonised standards” Conclusion: Member states are responsible for supporting the access of the social partners to the standardisation process at national level Page 4 Visit of the Slovene delegation

Seite 5 Personal Protective Equipment Directive (89/686/EEC) “Member States shall ensure that by 30 June 1991 appropriate steps are taken to enable both sides of industry to have an influence at national level on the process of formulating the harmonized standards and keeping them under review.” Conclusion: Standardisation is an important instrument of prevention supporting the European directives 05 December 2013Visit of the Slovene delegation

Foundation of KAN  Created in 1994  Financed by the Association for the Promotion of Occupational Safety in Europe (VFA) and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs  KAN’s work is supported by the KAN Secretariat Page 6 05 December 2013Visit of the Slovene delegation

Commission: OSH + standardisation State Federal level Länder Statutory accident insurance institutions DGUV / VFA DIN © Picture: Pixel, Fotolia.com Page 7 EmployersEmployees 05 December 2013Visit of the Slovene delegation

Commission: OSH + standardization State Federal level Länder DINEmployees Statutory accident insurance institutions DGUV / VFA © Pictures: AKS, Fotolia.com KAN Page 8 Employers 05 December 2013Visit of the Slovene delegation

OH&S position is needed State Federal level Länder DINEmployers TC WG TC WG © Pictures: Pixel, Dark Vectorangel, masterzphotofo, Fotolia.com Page 9 Employees Statutory accident insurance institutions DGUV / VFA 05 December 2013Visit of the Slovene delegation

Written comment to DIN (+ KAN members) 05 December 2013 State Federal level Länder DIN TC WG TC WG © Pictures: Pixel, coramax, Fotolia.com Visit of the Slovene delegation Page 10 EmployeesEmployers Statutory accident insurance institutions DGUV / VFA

05 December 2013 KAN: Activities  Studies, projects and expert reports to analyse particular areas of standardisation  Analysis of standards for OH&S contents and identification of shortcomings  Exchange of information with experts  Seminars and conferences to facilitate information and an exchange of experience Visit of the Slovene delegation Page 11

Print media by KAN  KAN Reports  KAN Brief (8.000 subscribers in 60 countries) (Languages: D, E, F, I, PL)  Leaflets 05 December 2013Visit of the Slovene delegation Page 12

Forestry Machinery  KAN-Report commissioned: „Safety of forestry machinery“ - Recommendation to revise the standards - Mirror Committee necessary!  Mirror Committee has been installed by DIN in Nov big interest even by manufacturers „New strong voice in standardization“ (Articel in newspaper of wood-industry ( ) 05 December 2013Visit of the Slovene delegation Page 13

Electronic media by KAN NoRA OS & H standards search tool ( 05 December 2013Visit of the Slovene delegation Page 14

Ergonomics tuition modules (free of charge) 05 December 2013Visit of the Slovene delegation Page 15

05 December 2013Visit of the Slovene delegation Seite 16 Standards are efficient tools for prevention Slicing machine

05 December 2013Visit of the Slovene delegation Seite 17 Accidents with slicing machines in Germany 1990: 4,840 cutting accidents occurred in Germany with slicing machines. 14% of the accidents happened during cleaning of the machine. Minor technical changes in DIN EN 1974 (e.g. protector ring next to circular cutting blade). 2000: reduction of accidents > 50%

05 December 2013Visit of the Slovene delegation Seite 18 Flat weighing machine for vehicles Risks  constrained posture  mold fungus, bacteria …  rescue difficult EC directive  dealing with accuracy  no safety requirements Solution  additional standard  DIN supports initiative

Study on „biomechanical load limits“ „Until the pain treshold“ Handelsblatt, December 2013Visit of the Slovene delegation Page 19

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