For the Laboratory sector in addition to the
Minimum set of risk assessments
and the
Basic requirements for managers with regard to occupational health and safety
other industry-specific aspects.
These points are designed to help managers create a safe and supportive working environment in the industry.
Laboratory
to ensure that
Introduction of an occupational health and safety organization with a sense of proportion:
- Informational discussions with laboratory managers to identify risk aspects
- Integration of occupational safety into the area of responsibility of the laboratory's management level
- Creating the hazardous substances register
- Processing the activity and hazardous substance-related risk assessment
- Implementation of necessary protective measures
Each manager in the laboratory agrees a written definition of their support tasks in occupational health and safety. The following aspects are described in a practical and precise manner:
- Responsibility: Ensuring compliance with safety regulations and occupational health and safety laws
- Risk assessment: implementation and documentation of risk analyses
- Training: Regular instruction of employees on safety issues
- Prevention: participation of employees in required occupational health precautions
Laboratory-specific hazard analyses
If weak points in occupational health and safety are identified in the course of the risk assessment, the T-O-P principle must be adhered to.
T=Technical measures have absolute priority. Only if not available or not economically justifiable (for the time being) are ...
O=Organizational measures to be defined (example: reduce duration of exposure / professional qualification). If the activity or regulations such as safety data sheets require this, ...
P=Personal protective equipment PPE to be procured and worn (e.g. protective clothing/shoes, helmets, goggles, gloves, etc.).
- List hazardous substances and document them in a register
- Describe work processes and activities
- Link activity and hazardous substances used, note protective measures
- Display documentation of the activity-related protective measures at the workplace
- Create operating instructions for the prominent hazardous substances used
- Regularly oblige employees to comply with the protective measures
Occupational health screening for specific tasks
- Arrange for mandatory precautions in accordance with the list of hazardous substances in the annex to the ArbMedVV
- Compulsory care "Skin" (for details see here)
- Preventive care if an employee is interested (AMR 3.3).