Federal Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

Federal Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

Historical building Kaiserin-Auguste-Viktoria Hospital Tasks and Organisation

Task and Organisation The Federal Institute for Occu-pational Safety and Health (FIOSH) (in German Bundesanstalt für Arbeits-schutz und Arbeitsmedizin, BAu. A) is under jurisdiction of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS). 3

Task and Organisation HISTORY (1): FIOSH was founded in 1996. Two institutes were merged: l The Federal Institute for Occupational Safety (Dortmund) l The Federal Institute for Occupational Medicine (Berlin) 4

Aufgaben und Organisation der BAu. A Task and Organisation HISTORY (2): 1903 - Occupational Safety and Health Exhibition was founded in Berlin (destroyed in World War Two) 1925 - first Department of Occupational Medicine was founded in the Kaiserin-Auguste-Victoria Hospital in Berlin-Lichtenberg Third occupational medical institution worldwide after Milano and Moscow 5

Aufgaben und Organisation der BAu. A Task and Organisation HISTORY (3): 1961 - Central Institute for Occupational Medicine in Berlin 1964 - Central Institute for Occupational Safety in Dresden 1972 - Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Accident Research in Dortmund 1990 - Dresden Institute Department of the Dortmund Institute 1991 - Berlin Federal Institute for Occupational Medicine 6

Aufgaben und Organisation der BAu. A Task and Organisation MAIN TASKS: l Support of the ministry in all areas of occupational safety and health l Surveillance and evaluation of the occupational safety and health situation and the working conditions l Developing solutions based on sound knowledge of safety engineering, ergonomics and other occupational health sciences 7

Aufgaben und Organisation der BAu. A Task and Organisation MAIN TASKS: l Assessing strain factors (chemical, physical, biological, mental) and their effects on health, using epidemiological and other occupational health methods l Contributing to prevention and reduction of workrelated diseases and occupational diseases and to preventive occupational health care 8

Aufgaben und Organisation der BAu. A Task and Organisation METHODS: l l Modellike Translation of Research into OSH Practice l 9 Research in Occupational Safety and Health Information and Advising

Aufgaben und Organisation der BAu. A Task and Organisation TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE AND SOLUTIONS INTO PRACTICE BY: l Publishing research reports, information material, working programmes, etc. l Consultation l Co-operation in standard setting l Operating the German Occupational Safety and Health Exhibition (DASA) 10

Aufgaben und Organisation der BAu. A Task and Organisation TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE, STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS INTO PRACTICE BY: l Organisation and conduction of seminars, workshops and conferences l Training and education aimed at specific target groups l Developing models of good practice in occupational safety and health l Participating in fairs and congresses with exhibits and information booths 11

Aufgaben und Organisation der BAu. A Task and Organisation MAIN STRATEGIC GOALS: 1. Health and Work ability 2. Safe and Healthy Working Conditions 3. Safe Working Materials, Devices and Procedures 4. Advising, Information and Education 12

Aufgaben und Organisation der BAu. A Task and Organisation MAIN STRATEGIC GOALS: 1. Health and Work ability The health and the workabilities of the human being should be sustained and supported at work. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the sanitary risks and chances for groups and individuals and use the results preventively. 13

Aufgaben und Organisation der BAu. A Task and Organisation MAIN STRATEGIC GOALS: 2. Safe and Healthy Working Conditions must be humane and free from risks for health and safety, concerning technical, ergonomic, organizational and social aspects. 14

Aufgaben und Organisation der BAu. A Task and Organisation MAIN STRATEGIC GOALS: 3. Safe Working Materials, Devices and Procedures Only Working materials and devices which are safe in application or produced in secure procedures should be used or brought into traffic. „Safe in an application“ means, that products within their entire life-cycle (evolution, production, use, maintenance, transportation and disposal) cause no or only acceptable risks for persons. 15

Aufgaben und Organisation der BAu. A Task and Organisation MAIN STRATEGIC GOALS: 4. Advising, Information and Education The promotion and circulation of a culture of prevention needs the individual and public perception as well as a broad social debate. Health and safety of the working people are to be advertised actively. The provisions of advising, information and education are target for politics, management and labour, expert public and general public. 16

Organisation Chart of the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Board President of the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Internal Management Auditing Permanent Representative of the President Staff Central Division (Z) Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division 5 Division 6 Administration, Coordination Strategy and Principle Affairs Safety and Health regarding Products and Processes Occupational Safety and Health in Enterprises Coordination INQA Safety and Health regarding Chemical and Biological Agents Chemicals, Notification and Authorisation Information Centre Unit 4. 1 Operational Controlling Unit Z 1 Personnel, Organisation Unit Z 2 Budgeting, Procurement Unit Z 3 Legal Department Unit Z 4 In-House Services Unit Z 5 IT-Coordination, Data Processing Unit 2. 1 Unit 3. 1 Principle Affairs of Prevention and Research, Information Management Product Design, Basic Requirements Organisation of Occupational Safety and Health, Qualification Occupational Exposure Unit 1. 2 Unit 2. 2 Unit 3. 2 Unit 4. 2 Social and Economic Affairs, Monitoring Working Conditions Products, Mechanical and Electrical Safety Unit 1. 1 Unit 1. 3 Unit 2. 3 Epidemiology, Risk Assessment Installations and Processes, Optical Radiation Unit 1. 4 Unit 2. 4 Work-related Diseases, Occupational Diseases Workplaces Unit 1. 5 Unit 2. 5 Health Data Archives of the German Uranium Mines Ergonomics Unit 2. 6 Machine Emissions, Noise Unit 2. 7 17 Vibration, Electromagnetic Fields Methods of Prevention, Social Aspects of OSH Unit 3. 3 Internal Load and Systemic Effects Unit 4. 3 Mental Workload, Stress and Work Design Toxicology of Hazardous Substances Unit 3. 4 Unit 4. 4 Work Design for Physical Strains, Musculo-Skeletal Disorders Unit 3. 5 Special Sectors Unit 3. 6 Campaigns and Programmes “New Quality of Work” (INQA) Unit 3. 7 Planning, Coordination, European and Internat. Cooperation Risk Assessment for Hazardous Substances Unit 4. 6 Handling Hazardous Substances Unit 5. 1 Unit 6. 1 Communication Public Relations Unit 5. 2 Unit 6. 2 DASA 2 Internet, Publications Planning Notification of New Substances, Information on Chemicals Biological Agents, Genetic Engineering Unit 6. 3 Unit 5. 3 Authorisation of Biocides Customer Service, Maarketing Unit 5. 4 Unit 6. 4 Chemical Law, Legal and Administrational Matters Library, Documentation Locations Berlin Dortmund Dresden Chemnitz Unit 4. 7 (DASA) Notification of Existing Substances, Chemical Survey Unit 4. 5 Effect of Biological and Chemical Agents German Occupational Safety and Health Exhibition DASA 1 Management of Resources and Projects DASA 3 Production DASA 4 Visitors Services