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Workplace Safety -
: What You Need to Know

Answers to important questions about occupational safety, risk assessments, employer obligations, and safety consulting services for businesses.

Occupational safety raises many questions in day-to-day business operations. Here, employers and managers can find clear information on legal obligations, risk assessments, occupational health care, and the practical organization of workplace safety. Our articles combine legal requirements with real-world experience from the workplace.

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Gastronomy

Photo shows two chefs finishing the food presentation

Gastronomy

Occupational safety requirements in the catering industry

Hotel industry

The photo shows a building façade photographed from below against the sky with the vertically mounted illuminated lettering "HOTEL".

Hotel industry

Occupational safety requirements in the hotel industry

Services & Temporary Employment

The photo shows the working area of a plastering job on an old stone wall.

Services & Temporary Employment

Occupational safety requirements in the staff leasing sector (helpers in warehousing, logistics, industry, ancillary construction trades)

Social Services, Training & Adult Education

Photo of a window facade at night with the window lettering VOLKS Akademy.

Social Services, Training & Adult Education

Occupational safety requirements in the social services, training and adult counseling sector

Engineering offices

The photo shows the front of a jet engine with its numerous centrifugally arranged blades. A very technical photo to illustrate a technical occupational field.

Engineering offices

Occupational safety requirements in the engineering office sector

Software Development

The photo shows a laptop display with lines of code and a person sitting in front of it. You can see a bit of the person's head, one hand on the laptop keyboard, the other hand holding a cell phone on which lines of code can also be seen.

Software Development

Occupational safety requirements in the software development industry

Appliance and mechanical engineering

The photo shows a mechanical workshop with a stationary drilling machine.

Appliance and mechanical engineering

Occupational safety requirements in the appliance and mechanical engineering sector

Warehouses, Logistics, and Commercial Facilities

Electrical Work on a House Roof

Warehouses, Logistics, and Commercial Facilities

Construction Site – Supervising Work

Laboratory

Person holding laboratory bottle

Laboratory

Occupational safety requirements in the laboratory sector

The photo shows two men wearing hard hats inside a building under construction, with one man showing and explaining something to the other.

Support

Workplace Inspections for Occupational Safety: Why They Are Essential

Two engineers are reviewing and discussing the design sketch

Projects & Digital

Occupational safety in the planning phase of buildings and facilities

Supervision Models According to DGUV Regulation 2

Support

Supervision Models According to DGUV Regulation 2: Which Supervision Model Is Right for Your Company?

Support

How does an employer benefit from having a qualified external occupational safety specialist?

Electrical Work on a House Roof

Warehouses, Logistics, and Commercial Facilities

Construction Site – Supervising Work

Risk assessments

Workflow risk assessment "Mental impairment in the workplace and working environment"

Support

Which occupational safety scenario applies to your business?

Occupational Medicine

Occupational health care – Workflow

Support

"Entrepreneur model in occupational health and safety" - alternative needs-based support

Projects & Digital

Clear occupational health and safety Low-threshold risk assessments Joint document management

Simple and efficient collaboration thanks to shared access to all occupational safety documents

Projects & Digital

Digital collaboration including data security, for shared use, with editing options

Like two cogwheels meshing together, those responsible for occupational safety should ideally also work together.

Projects & Digital

Are your documents synchronized with the file structure of your occupational safety expert?

The "DEADLINE" stamp symbolizes the obligation to meet deadlines in occupational health and safety.

Employer Responsibilities

Occupational Safety Deadline Tracker: Recurring Tasks and Deadlines

Three men enjoy a beer at a social gathering.

Support

Alcohol - self-test

Risk assessments

The UMFRAGE forms

Risk assessments

The CHECK forms

A person analyzing answers from a survey.

Risk assessments

Evaluate 'Psyche' survey - !carrara! provides clear answers

Employer Responsibilities

ASA - the format for consulting with the employer

A few ascending chalk curls are painted on a slate panel, crowned by a large ring of clouds in which a light bulb lies.

Risk assessments

Employee survey on occupational health and safety - analysis of the results in the workshop

A woman stands on a ladder and uses a fishing rod to fish good ideas out of a container shaped like a light bulb.

Risk assessments

Where does the shoe pinch in occupational safety?

Person holding laboratory bottle

Laboratory

Occupational safety requirements in the laboratory sector

The photo shows the working area of a plastering job on an old stone wall.

Services & Temporary Employment

Occupational safety requirements in the staff leasing sector (helpers in warehousing, logistics, industry, ancillary construction trades)

The photo shows a building façade photographed from below against the sky with the vertically mounted illuminated lettering "HOTEL".

Hotel industry

Occupational safety requirements in the hotel industry

Photo shows two chefs finishing the food presentation

Gastronomy

Occupational safety requirements in the catering industry

Photo of a window facade at night with the window lettering VOLKS Akademy.

Social Services, Training & Adult Education

Occupational safety requirements in the social services, training and adult counseling sector

The photo shows a mechanical workshop with a stationary drilling machine.

Appliance and mechanical engineering

Occupational safety requirements in the appliance and mechanical engineering sector

The photo shows a laptop display with lines of code and a person sitting in front of it. You can see a bit of the person's head, one hand on the laptop keyboard, the other hand holding a cell phone on which lines of code can also be seen.

Software Development

Occupational safety requirements in the software development industry

The photo shows the front of a jet engine with its numerous centrifugally arranged blades. A very technical photo to illustrate a technical occupational field.

Engineering offices

Occupational safety requirements in the engineering office sector

Figure describes the steps involved in risk assessment, from identification, analysis, definition of measures, implementation and effectiveness monitoring.

Risk assessments

The minimum set of risk assessments for every company

The illustration shows a respectably dressed man throwing a dart accurately into the center of a concentric red and white target.

Employer Responsibilities

The basic requirements for managers in terms of occupational safety

The picture shows a 3D graphic of a labyrinth with a huge black hole in the middle, similar to the entrance to a dark tunnel. A man stands in front of it, with his back to the viewer, looking into this black hole. The image expresses something threatening.

Support

Whistleblowers and whistleblower protection law

The screenshot shows a small section of the occupational safety dashboard

Projects & Digital

The occupational safety dashboard

Excerpt from a cost calculator for an occupational safety specialist.

Support

What does occupational safety cost?

The figure shows a tabular list of the essential elements of the ORGANIZATION OF WORK SAFETY in the company.

Employer Responsibilities

Organization of occupational safety by safety officers in the company

The photo shows a first aid kit standing on the floor, with a person squatting behind it, whose two hands are opening the lid of the kit.

Employer Responsibilities

Organization of first aid

Photo shows the header of an expert opinion by Arbeitssicherheit Hillebrand Munich

Projects & Digital

Preparing expert opinions on occupational safety

The photo shows the overview plan for the fire protection planning process, consisting of a printed building floor plan with manually glued elements, e.g. fire extinguishers, emergency exits.

Practice

Occupational safety & fire protection, first planning, then instruction and evacuation drill

The illustration shows the original furnishing plan for an office space with 18 workstations

Projects & Digital

Occupational safety & furniture planning

Photo shows an escape route sign, a pictogram with a figure running to the right and an arrow pointing to the right.

Projects & Digital

Occupational safety & impact direction of escape doors

Support

Occupational safety & efficient meetings

Occupational Medicine

Occupational safety through eye tests and screen glasses

Two engineers are reviewing and discussing the design sketch

Projects & Digital

Occupational safety in the planning phase of buildings and facilities

The second picture shows a man in silhouette at the left edge of the picture, pointing with his free hand to the center of the picture, where a quadruple half-arc of lines begins, enclosing the central word in the middle of the picture, the word is coaching.

Occupational Medicine

Occupational safety & ergonomics Individual coaching

The photo shows a square metal plaque against a black background, which has a radial ring of milled "rays" around a solid, unprocessed core. This gives the milled element the appearance of an electronic ship.

Support

The systematic occupational safety guide

The photo shows a collage of several stickers with the words "Mindset" and "Matters" in the center. The message is that it depends on the inner state of a company, an organization, on the corporate culture that is lived.

Support

Occupational safety - it all depends on the mindset

The illustration shows a chalkboard with the words SUCCESS - go get it.

Practice

Prevention in occupational health and safety - acting instead of reacting

Figure shows a section of the PROGRAM for occupational safety, with a focus on the company's central internal resources for occupational safety.

Employer Responsibilities

Organization of occupational safety by delegating duties to managers with authority to issue instructions

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY PROGRAM 2026 – Template for Evaluating Workplace Safety Using SCORE

Support

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY PROGRAM: Identifying Areas for Action and Highlighting Progress

The photo shows a customer having her hair washed by the hairdresser at the washstand. The hairdresser is wearing thin black gloves as he handles the shampoo and water.

Risk assessments

Occupational safety - In which sectors is skin protection particularly important?

The photo shows a doctor at her desk during a consultation with a client. She is looking at a document lying on the table.

Risk assessments

Occupational safety checks skin protection

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Workplace Safety—What You Need to Know
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Ongoing Support for Small and Large Businesses
How the Support Works
Project consulting for specific occupational safety and health tasks
Workplace Safety—What You Need to Know
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