Source:GDA
Methodical occupational health and safety pays off
Improving the organisation of occupational health and safety
The benefits of work stations with a safe and healthy design are substantial: healthy employees mean a higher level of productivity and less downtime in production. To ensure companies can guarantee and continuously improve health and safety at the workplace, they need appropriate and functioning occupational health and safety organisations. The better these organisations are integrated into company processes and decisions, the more effective they are.
The offers developed within the GDA Organisation work programme help companies examine and improve their occupational health and safety organisation, and focus on two fields in particular:
- risk assessments as a key instrument of occupational health and safety
- improving the integration of safety and health protection matters into company processes and decisions
The work programme offers at a glance
This programme is implemented using a combination of information offers, consultation and supervisory measures. In the course of this, it is important to remember that no two companies are the same – which means activities need to be tailored to individual needs.
- GDA ORGAcheck: Our ORGAcheck helps companies check and improve occupational safety in their own operations, easily and independently. The check list is available online at www.gda-orgacheck.de; alternatively, you can also order a printed brochure. Please note that these are only available in German.
- Sample forms and practical aids: A collection of relevant sample forms and practical aids to help you organise occupational health and safety more efficiently.
- Materials: Our flyers, presentations and multimedia offers provide guidance, as does the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV) podcast (German only) (see box on the right).
- Inspections and Consultation: Between February 2014 and the end of 2016, inspectors with the occupational health and safety authorities and accident insurance institutions conducted coordinated site inspections, with a particular focus on occupational health and safety organisations and risk assessments. The inspections were based on the Organisation of Occupational Health and Safety guideline (in German) and the Risk Assessment and Documentation guideline (in German) developed by the GDA.
- Information events and seminars on the organisation of occupational health and safety
- Offers to help you implement occupational health and safety management systems in your company, for example as part of an inspection and consultation campaign.
- Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS)