BG Chemie, Dr. Bartels, Conference of European Social Partners of the Chemical Industry, Prague

Health and SafetyChemical Substances

BG Chemie - Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in

the Chemical Industry

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Structure

Institutions for statutory accident insurance and prevention

Responsibilities – BG Chemie

Tasks

Prevention - hazardous and biological substances

Prevention - training

Occupational diseases

Information sheets

Information on hazardous substances

Toxicological evaluations

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TransportHealth service

Mining

Pit and quarry

Gas, district heating and water

Metal

precision and electrical engineering

ChemicalsWood Paper and printing

Leather and textiles

Foods and beverages

ConstructionCommerce and administration

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Sectoral structure

The institutions for statutory accident insurance and prevention are structured according to sector:

Role and structure

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Inorganicchemicalindustry

Organicchemicalindustry

Coatings,paints and dyes,painted goods

Soaps, oils,fats

Cosm. products

Pharmac.products

Rubber,plastics

Explosives

Responsibilities – BG Chemie

Role and structure

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Prevention(preventive measures)

Compensation(financial payments)

Rehabilitation(medical care,

occupational and social reintegration)

Mandate and tasks

Tasks

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Prevention

Technical Inspectorate

The technical inspectors and audit engineers perform the following tasks:

Advising and inspecting companies

Involvement in basic and advanced training

Workplace evaluation based on measurement

Ascertaining the causes of accidents at work, occupationaldiseases and occupational risks to health

Drawing up rules and regulations, information materials

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Prevention - hazardous and biological substances

Helping shape national and European chemicals policy in matters relating to occupational and health protection

Helping shape national/international statutory provisions for the specialist areas of "explosion protection" and "transport of hazardous substances" as well as advice on implementation

Advice on implementing national laws and regulations

Evaluation of substances hazardous to health and representing physical, chemical and biological effects

Advising member companies on all issues relating to occupational medicine and toxicology

Performing analyses and chemical investigations at its own laboratory in Leuna

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Prevention

Service for the Organisation of Post-Exposure Medical Examinations (ODIN)

Joint establishment of institutions for statutory accident insurance and prevention for trade and industry

ODIN ensures that insured employees can still undergo medical examinations even after leaving companies where they worked with carcinogenic substances

The associated costs are borne by the accident insurers

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Communication of principles and specialist knowledge onhazardous substances

Risk management under hazardous substances law

Using hazardous substances

Storage of hazardous substances

Reading and producing material safety datasheets

Measurement of hazardous substances at the workplace - introductory seminar on workplace analysis

Use of portable gas measuring devices for approval measurements

Safe biotechnology - natural biological substances and genetically modified organisms

Working safely in the gas industry - basic seminar

Prevention - basic and advanced training

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2004

2003

Asbestos

Resp. tract

Cancer causedby arom. amines

Noise

Skin

286

26

12

23

21

Number of cases

18

55

30

19

193

Occupational illnesses

(† 150)(† 147)

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Case example: asbestos

Asbestosis20%

Lung cancer and cancer of the larynx

44%

Mesothelioma36%

Compensation payments 2003 Euro 45 million

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Asbestose Lungenkrebs Mesotheliom

Case example asbestos - new pensions

BG ChemieAsbestosis Lung cancer Mesothelioma

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Information sheet series "Safe Biotechnology"

B 004 „Viruses“

B 005 „Parasites“

B 006 „Bacteria“

B 007 „Fungi“

B 010 „Primates“

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Substance information sheets - target group/objective

Information for member companies on findings relating to safety and rules for using hazardous substances

Facilitating practical work by collating and pooling these findings from various sources

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Substance information sheets

M 034 „Oxygen“

M 039 „Risk of harm to the unborn child – control measures at the workplace“

M 050 „Using hazardous substances“

M 053 „Control measures to prevent exposure to hazardous substances“

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Information on hazardous substances

Help for SMEs on working with hazardous substances

Sector-oriented datasheets

Protective measures

Drafts for operating instructions

Directory of hazardous substances

Assistance in evaluating riskin accordance with the Hazardous Substances Ordinance

Sector-specific hazardous substances information systemof BG Chemie – available free of charge at www.gischem.de

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Information on hazardous substances

Polyester resin

Polyurethane foam

Biogasplants

Animal carcass disposal

Workshops: solvents

Technical rubber articles

Epoxy resin

Availablesectors

Currently 8,000 users per month and increasing

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Programme for the Prevention of Health Hazards Caused by Industrial Substances

Support by a committee of representatives of the scientific community, the chemical industry and the authorities

514 relevant existing industrial chemicals have been compiled in a list

Literature searches were conducted and preliminary evaluation completed for 257 substances

For 127 substances, 437 studies (including range-finding studies) were planned, commissioned and conducted

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Programme for the Prevention of Health Hazards Caused by Industrial Substances

TOXIKOLOGISCHE BEWERTUNGEN in German are available in a short version for 244 substances and a detailed long version for 224 substances.

English translations have been published as TOXICOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS.

TOXIKOLOGISCHE BEWERTUNGEN and TOXICOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS are being published successively on the Internet (www.bgchemie.de/toxikologischebewertungen or www.bgchemie.de/toxicologicalevaluations)