General statutory provisions Repealed! Jurisdiction Germany Year 1976 Published in German Original/other title [German] Allgemeine Vorschriften Source Carl Heymanns Verlag KG, Gereonstrasse 18-32, 5000 Köln 1, Germany (Fed.Rep.). 56 + 19p. Price: DM.2.70. Serial number VBG 1 Descriptors [Primary] Germany (Federal Republic of), plant safety and health organization [Secondary] dangerous work, directive, explosion prevention, fire prevention, harmful substances, information of personnel, medical supervision, premises and workplaces, replaced, responsibilities of employees, responsibilities of employers, safety checks, safety officers, supply of personal protective equipment Subject category General safety, health and conditions of work Abstract New version of the safety regulations "General Statutory Provisions" (entry into force: 1 Apr. 1977). These basic regulations, which are to be read conjointly with the more specific regulations concerning different types of machines, installations, occupations, etc., concern: duties of employers (accident prevention, supply of personal protective equipment, work organisation, information on safety regulations, employment of safety officers, plant inspection, delegation of responsibility) and workers (observance of safety rules, use of personal protective equipment, elimination of defective machinery); the premises (workplace, lighting, communication ways, doors, stairways and ramps or inclined surfaces, falls, stores, clothing, hazardous work, alcohol consumption, tests of installations, prevention of fires and explosions, harmful agents); medical prevention (preventive medical examinations and periodical checkups, prohibitions concerning employment, authorised medical officers, decisions of the Industrial Mutual Accident Insurance Association concerned (Berufsgenossenschaft), health records). Appendices: minimum number of safety officers, etc. Supplementary pamphlet: more detailed rules for implementing the regulations; comments. CIS No. 77-1465 Database ID 27655