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Ordering & Occupational Health Care
Section 2 of the Occupational Safety Act (ASiG) stipulates that your company has appointed a company doctor (appointment).
DGUV Regulation 2 specifies how occupational health care and advice should be provided (occupational health care).
Thus, two acts must be distinguished:
- Act – appointment with a certificate of appointment and definition of tasks
- Akt – the advice and support, which fundamentally includes the inspections and participation in the ASA meetings (§ 11 ASiG)
The appointment of the company physician in accordance with § 2 ASiG
Appointment of the company doctor
- This is done by means of a certificate of appointment stating the area of responsibility for which the company doctor is appointed.
- The certificate of appointment shall be of an official nature. It should be displayed.
- brarbe also appoints a company doctor for your company divisions if you have several locations.
- Sends you the order certificate and keeps the proof of qualifications digitally available.
- All documents can be accessed and stored digitally by us.
- With the order certificate, you comply with § 2 of the Occupational Safety Act.
- The specific advice or occupational health care required is regulated and designed by the DGUV 2 regulation.
Occupational health care according to DGUV 2 by brarbe
brarbe will be happy to advise you in accordance with the provisions of the DGUV 2 regulation, point out your legal obligations and work efficiently with you on all topics of occupational health and safety in Frankfurt. We are available for you via any modern communication channel.
Fixed contact persons
Compliance with occupational health regulations
Sustainable health promotion of your staff
Basic support as well as company-specific support
Healthy and high-performing workforce in the long term
Improved quality of work
Is there an obligation to provide occupational health care?
- Section 2 of the Occupational Safety Act (ASiG) includes the obligation to appoint the company doctor.
- The so-called DGUV Regulation 2 (Accident Prevention Regulation for Company Physicians and Occupational Safety Specialists) obliges the employer to seek advice and specifies the scope of care.
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The DGUV regulation distinguishes between
Company:
- with <10 employees (Annex 1 to § 2 para. 2 DGUV regulation
- with > 10 employees (Annex 2 to § 2 para. 3 DGUV regulation). - Companies in Frankfurt with up to 10 employees are advised to seek advice on the preparation of the risk assessment.
- Companies in Frankfurt with more than 10 employees are obliged to receive advice from a company doctor in addition to the order.
What does occupational health care look like?
- Support for basic measures of work organization
- Assistance in the preparation and updating of the risk assessment
- Support in the creation of a suitable occupational health and safety organisation and integration into management activities
- Advice on the necessary preventive examinations and first aid concepts
- Site inspections and recommendation protocols
- Flexibly available contact person for questions via phone, WhatsApp, e-mail
How often is occupational health care provided?
- In general terms, the scope of support depends on the number of employees, the industry, the degree of risk of the activities your employees perform and the accident rate at work.
- The specific need for care is determined in hours per employee.
- The required number of hours of care per employee is determined and binding by your employers' liability insurance association.
- Important to know – brarbe efficiency tip: You can weight your mandatory care hours accordingly, example: Obligation to provide 10-hour care: 80% can be provided by the occupational safety specialist, 20% by the company doctor.
- For brarbe, care also means easy and good accessibility.
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Employers in Frankfurt are obliged to assess the working conditions of every planned and existing job (§ 5 ArbSchG).
This is called risk assessment.
brarbe helps you in Frankfurt to prepare a reliable risk assessment with appropriate experts and specialists. A reliable risk assessment includes: - Mechanical hazards
- ergonomic loads
- Noise nuisance
- the health hazard posed by hazardous substances
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Fire and explosion risks
- Psychological hazards
brarbe helps you to carry out the ASA. In companies with more than twenty employees, the employer must form an occupational health and safety committee in accordance with § 11 ASiG. When determining the number of employees, part-time employees with a regular weekly working time of no more than 20 hours are to be taken into account at 0.5 and no more than 30 hours at 0.75. This committee is composed of:
- the employer or a person appointed by the employer
- two works council members appointed by the works council
- Company physicians
- Occupational safety specialists
- Safety officer (§ 22 SGB VII)
The occupational health and safety committee must be held quarterly.
The regular meeting of the Occupational Health and Safety Committee has the purpose of consciously and permanently keeping occupational health and safety present as a topic.
We will be happy to help you in Frankfurt with the establishment of your occupational health and safety committee and ensure that the legally required minutes of the occupational health and safety committee or, what is really important, is that occupational health and safety and its measures can be recorded and measured and its effects can be made measurable!
About us
Brarbe is a full-service provider for all matters concerning fire protection, occupational safety, and company or occupational medicine. We offer companies and public authorities all necessary services from a single source.
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