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baua

GERMANY: Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Member since: 2003

Contact person:

Sebastian Haus-Rybicki

Member address:

Friedrich-Henkel-Weg 1-25 44149 Dortmund, Germany

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About BAuA

Mission
The Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) is a governmental research institute directly responsible to the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS). Its main task is to provide scientifically based advice to the BMAS in all matters of occupational safety and health (OSH) and of the humane design / organisation of working conditions. At the interface between science and politics, BAuA aims to transfer science-based knowledge to policy makers, corporate practice and the general public.

Research
BAuA’s research concentrates on a strategy-based programme research and systematic activities for the predictive scientific analysis of relevant trends and developments within the framework of OSH (“forecast of emerging risks”). Strategic research topics are:

  • the effects of new technologies on safety and health at work;
  • mental workload against the background of new types of work;
  • the multifactoral genesis of work-related diseases;
  • the safe use of biological agents and chemicals, including advanced materials.


Development

BAuA’s development activities tackle contemporary questions of policy, the formulation of the legal framework in the European and national contexts, corporate practice and new knowledge gained through research.

Policy advice
The BAuA’s core task is to provide scientific advice in matters of policy. For this purpose it provides the governmental departments with scientifically sound and purposefully prepared knowledge to enable them to take decisions with respect to political action. Additionally, BAuA participates in the opinion-forming process in the wider society in all matters of OSH as well as the humane organisation of work.

Sovereign duties
BAuA has been assigned sovereign duties which arise from the government’s protective duty with respect to citizens or the environment. The major elements are: enforcement of provisions under chemicals legislation, support for the authorities responsible for market surveillance and the information and notification obligations in the area of product safety.

Knowledge transfer and communication
Transfer is one of BAuA’s most important aims. It includes the demand- and practice-oriented provision of legal regulations and science-based methods in the form of practical guidelines for companies and consulting institutions, the preparation of the subject matter in a manner appropriate to the target group and the creation of suitable distribution channels.

Educational and knowledge transfer – DASA
As an interactive educational institution, the German Occupational Safety and Health Exhibition (DASA) provides a didactic experience and learning venue at which preventive notions and actions are imparted.
With its method of informal and non-formal learning, its teaching expertise covers mainly orientation knowledge as well as knowledge relating to identity and action.

News about BAuA

BAuA research report published: Blue-Light Hazard Risk Assessment of Incoherent High-Power Spotlights – The Planck Approximation

The PEROSH project “High-Power Spotlights Risk Assessment (HiPoSisAs)” focuses mainly on assessing light-induced photochemical retinal…

Successful webinar on Chemical Research

On the 18th of November 2022, PEROSH organized a webinar on Chemical Research. The program was…

“Ensure safe-to-use chemicals, materials and products” – BAuA publishes a contribution to “safe and sustainable by design”

With the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability the European Union provides an important basis for the…

Report on the PEROSH workshop on “EMF Exposure of electronic article surveillance systems at workplaces”

The PEROSH workshop on “EMF Exposure of electronic article surveillance systems at workplaces” aimed to…

PEROSH Workshop during IRPA Congress

During the 6th European IRPA Congress (30th May – 3rd June 2022) an information sharing…

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