In most companies, there are one or more persons who are appointed as hazardous substance advisors. The tasks of a hazardous substance advisor are varied and extensive. In this blog post, I would like to go into more detail about the individual tasks and activities. Where does the term hazardous substances advisor come from? The
After more than 10 years since the last revision, an amendment to the Ordinance on Hazardous Substances (GefStoffV) [1] is due this year. I have already dealt with this topic in another blog post. Among other things, the focus is on carcinogenic hazardous substances. Here, acceptance and tolerance concentrations are gaining in importance. Today, I
In my last blog post, I dealt with the amendment of the Gefahrstoffverordnung (Ordinance on Hazardous Substances) [1]. However, this is not the only legal text that will change in the near future and is relevant for you as a user of hazardous substances. At the beginning of 2023, the transition period of the 2nd
An amendment to the Hazardous Substances Ordinance (GefStoffV) [1] is due before the end of the year. The Hazardous Substances Ordinance itself has already been amended more frequently, for example in 2010 by adapting it to the REACH and CLP Regulations. There have also been various amendments since 2010, the last one in July 2021.
If a company uses hazardous substances, these must be documented and managed in a hazardous substances register. The Hazardous Substances Ordinance [1] states that the employer must keep this register, must note certain information and refer to documents, for example the safety data sheet. More modern hazardous substance registers often already contain the operating instructions
In the course of digitalisation, many companies are also changing their document management. They replace paper documents as much as possible. Even safety data sheets are hardly ever passed on "analogue" today, but distributed as PDF documents. This raises the question of how to proceed in hazardous substance management - may one pass on
The Hazardous Substances Ordinance (GefStoffV), §14 [1] states that one must prepare operating instructions for certain hazardous substances and make them available to employees. In Germany, the TRGS 555 [2] provides more specific information on the preparation of the operating instructions. Here, it also defines that the posting of the operating instructions must take
An updated Ordinance on Hazardous Substances (GefStoffV) has been available since November. This update provides continuity with the European Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 (CLP) and its designations. The regulation for the implementation of Directive 2014/27/EU and the amendment to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations describes, among other things, these amendments to the Ordinance on
