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Document ID (ISN)100774
CIS number 02-1642
Year 2002
Convention or series no. BGV A6
Author(s)
Steinbruchs-Berufsgenossenschaft (StBG)
Title Qualified persons in the field of occupational safety [Germany]
Original title Fachkräfte für Arbeitssicherheit [in German]
Bibliographic information Carl Heymanns Verlag KG, Luxemburgerstrasse 449, 50939 Köln, Germany, Oct. 2002. 12p.
Abstract This document reproduces the full text of the version of safety regulation BGV A6 (of 1 October 2002) of the German Insurance Association for the Prevention of Accidents in Quarries on specialized occupational safety staff, together with its application directive. Contents: scope; required qualifications of persons responsible for occupational safety; vocational training; duties with respect to report-writing; transitional provisions and implementation; effective date. Appendices include: days of annual employment of safety specialists as a function of the number of employees in enterprises with a risk factor of 1.0; example of advice developed by the quarries association aimed enterprise managers; law on enterprise physicians, safety engineers and other qualified staff in the field of occupational safety and health.
Descriptors (primary) Germany; safety officers; quarrying industry; plant safety organization
Descriptors (secondary) responsibilities of employers; directive; qualifications; refresher training
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Country / State or ProvinceGermany
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) General safety, health and conditions of work
Browse category(ies) Mining and quarrying