Blog category Hazardous Substance Administration

Mann mit Schutzweste und Helm inspiziert Gefahrstofffässer im Hintergrund, daneben vier orangefarbene Icons zu Sicherheitsdatenblättern, Besprechung, Bearbeitung und Schulung. Symbolbild für die Aufgaben eines Gefahrstoffbeauftragten.

Hazardous Substance Administration

The tasks of a hazardous substances advisor

03.10.2022

Hannah Kraft

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...

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Hand hält eine Flasche mit Krebsgefahr-Symbol, im Hintergrund Zellen und DNA. Symbolbild für die Akzeptanz- und Toleranzkonzentrationen von krebserzeugenden Stoffen.

Hazardous Substance Administration

Acceptance and tolerance concentrations of carcinogenic substances

19.09.2022

Hannah Kraft

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...

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Kalender mit rotem Pinn, Gefahrstoffsymbol und Haltbarkeitsdatum – Symbolbild für die Aktualität von Gefahrstoffinformationen.

Hazardous Substance Administration

Are your hazardous substances up to date?

05.09.2022

Hannah Kraft

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...

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Digitale Waage als Symbol für Gesetzgebung, daneben GHS-Gefahrensymbole – Hinweis auf die Novellierung der Gefahrstoffverordnung.

Hazardous Substance Administration

The amendment of the Hazardous Substances Ordinance

22.08.2022

Hannah Kraft

An amendment to the Hazardous Substances Ordinance (GefStoffV) [1] is due before the end of the year. The Hazardous Substances Ordinance itself has already...

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Wecker neben ansteigenden Münzstapeln, links Gefahrensymbole. Symbolisiert Aufwand für die Pflege eines Gefahrstoffverzeichnisses.

Hazardous Substance Administration

Effort for the maintenance of a hazardous substances register

25.07.2022

Hannah Kraft

If a company uses hazardous substances, these must be documented and managed in a hazardous substances register. The Hazardous Substances Ordinance [1]...

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Roter Kreis mit weißem Kreuz und grüner Kreis mit weißem Haken – symbolisiert Abweichungen im SDB.

Hazardous Substance Administration

Deviations that aren't any - the solution lies in the detail

11.07.2022

Hannah Kraft

You already know our online tool SDBcheck® (Currently only available in German) for checking the plausibility of your safety data sheets from my last blog...

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3D-Figur stellt ein rotes Paragraphenzeichen zwischen weiße – Symbol für neues Sicherheitsdatenblatt.

Hazardous Substance Administration SDS Authoring

New SDS in 2023

04.07.2022

Philip Stefl

Some people working with SDSs may not have noticed it yet, but we are currently in the transition period to a new SDS format. For the second time, Annex...

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Test report on a safety data sheet with warning of deviations and a plausibility check table with symbols for compliance, possible and actual deviation.

Hazardous Substance Administration

Deviations in the safety data sheet

27.06.2022

Hannah Kraft

In my last blog post I dealt with why the plausibility check of safety data sheets is so important (and also obligatory in Germany according to TRGS 400...

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Comparison of the hazard pictograms, signal words and H-phrases of a safety data sheet with the GeSi³ results - all information matches, green check marks confirm plausibility.

Hazardous Substance Administration

Plausibility check of safety data sheets

13.06.2022

Hannah Kraft

According to the German TRGS 400 [1], you as the recipient of safety data sheets are obliged to check it for “obviously incomplete, contradictory...

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Mehrere Laborgläser mit unterschiedlich gefärbten, dampfenden Chemikalien vor schwarzem Hintergrund – symbolisiert die Hilfe zur Substitution.

Hazardous Substance Administration

Help for substitution - the TRGS 600

30.05.2022

Hannah Kraft

I have already presented the column model of TRGS 600 [1] to you in recent weeks. However, the TRGS 600 naturally also offers further information and assistance...

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Montage eines Absaugschlauchs an eine Maschine – symbolisiert Verfahren gemäß dem Spaltenmodell.

Hazardous Substance Administration

The Column Model - Procedure (Part 7)

16.05.2022

Hannah Kraft

In the blog posts of the last few weeks, I have presented the column model of TRGS 600 [1] to you in detail. Now only one more column remains, which I...

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Schwarz-weiße Darstellung einer staubförmigen Explosion – symbolisiert das Freisetzungsverhalten.

Hazardous Substance Administration

The Column Model - Release behaviour (Part 6)

02.05.2022

Hannah Kraft

In today’s blog post, I would like to introduce you to another column of the column model of TRGS 600 [1]. After the last blog in the series, in...

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