All projects
Research projects
F 1 Effects of new technologies on safety and health at work
F 1.1 Nanomaterials
- F 1946
Safety, health and quality during handling with CNT (CarbonNanoTubes) - CarboSafe - F 2043
Assessment of sensitivity and specifity of in vitro-methods for detection of chronic toxicity and carcinogenicity of nanomaterials and fine dust in context of regulatory toxicology (literature survey) - F 2133
Dispersion and retention of ultrafine and nanoparticles in the lungs - F 2135
Health effects of fine and ultrafine particle toxicity in the lung - genotoxicity - F 2157
Exposure measurement of engineered Nanomaterials at selected workplaces - F 2217
Optimation of the personal thermal precipitators for the measurement from nanoparticles at the workplace - F 2246
Toxic effects of different modifications of a nanoparticle after inhalation - F 2248
Novel Concepts, Methods, and Technologies for the Production of Portable, Easy-to-use Devices for the Measurement and Analysis of Airborne Engineered Nanoparticles in Workplace Air (NanoDevice) - F 2284
Safety, Health, and Quality for Handling Carbon Nano Tubes (CNT) - CarboSafe 2 (Contributions of BAuA to a BMBF-funded project managed by Bayer Technology Services GmbH, Leverkusen) - F 2304
Sampling planes for the analysis of measurements with a thermophoretic personal sampler
F 1.2 New information and communication technologies in the working environment (ambient intelligence)
- F 2202
Examination of the ergonomic characteristics of newly developed protective clothing for aid organisations - F 2263
New and future Lighting Technologies at the Workplace, Parameter and Hazards - F 2278
Effects on decision making and behaviour from "smart" protective clothing - F 2288
Head-Mounted Displays - Conditions for safe and healthy use - F 2299
Impact of AmI-based-ventilation and air conditioning machines (RLT) on indoor climate applied on the phenomenon "dry climate" - AmI-based regulation of indoor climate - F 2302
Lighting of workplaces: impact of AmI-based lighting systems - F 2313
Delphi survey: "Digital Ergonomics 2025 - Trends and strategies for increasing product usability and designing safe, healthy and efficient socio-technical work systems" - F 2322
Opportunities and risks of Ambient Intelligence (AmI) from a safety point of view - F 2323
Research map ambient intelligence (AmI) and adaptive work assistance systems (AAS) - F 2327
Safe and healthy at work by Persuasive Technology? Experimental laboratory and field study on the effects of new forms of IT-based feedback at work
F 2 Mental loads against the background of new forms of work
F 2.1 Changes in the world of work and strain constellations
- F 1912
Mental workload in service industries: development of an analysis instrument and derivation of prevention measures - F 1964
The impact of working in the evening and the early night-hours on adults - F 1968
Psychosocial risk management - European Framework - F 2031
Collecting data on psychosocial strain by using a tested questionaire (COPSOQ) - F 2128
Assessment of mobbing (bullying/harrassment) - a construct validation - F 2199
Rewarding and Sustainable health-promoting Leadership - RE-SU-LEAD - F 2224
Occupational health and safety in partly inpatient nursing and care services - F 2262
Determination of central critria for choice of instruments to risk assessment of mental work load - F 2270
European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks/Psychosocial Risks (ESENER) - F 2279
Validation of the Job Content Questionnaire 2.0 (JCQ 2.0) - a German contribution to an international pilot study - F 2285
Work intensity/time and performance pressure in the tertiary sector - developmental context and design possibilities within the work organization - F 2296
BIBB/BAuA-Work-Force-Survey 2011/2012 - F 2328
Concurrent validity of the BiBB/BAuA employee-survey
F 2.2 Working conditions, mental health and cognitive/emotional efficiency
- F 2152
Compensation of age-related changes in cognitive ability - "physiological costs" - F 2220
Work Interruptions and multitasking in information-intensive occupations - effects on performance and work ability, health and productivity under particular consideration of ageing employees - F 2233
Work- and health related determinants of vitality and work ability - F 2244
Creativity and health at work - study to creativity-promoting working conditions in the economy - F 2247
Multitasking and work interruptions - neurophysiological approaches for investigating cognitive performance capacities - F 2250
Development of an empirical basis for work and functional health - sample survey among employees - F 2264
Systematic reviews on the topic "mental health/cognitive capacity in the world of work" - F 2276
Improving cognitive capacity by a workplace health promotion program - Investigation of access and compliance - F 2283
Effect of psychological stress at the workplace on "Neuroenhancement" - empirical studies on employees - F 2312
Psychophysiological investigations on changes of cognitive capacities during working life under consideration of individual cognitive reserves - F 2318
Depression, burnout and cognitive deficits - studies on the influence of work- related and individual determinants
F 3 Multifactoral genesis of work-related illnesses
F 3.1 Work-related illnesses of the musculoskeletal system (MSD - musculoskeletal disorders)
- F 2059
Strain in specimens of the lumbar spine during exposure with horizontal vibrations - invitro test aiming at a fatigue criterion in dependence on the age - F 2070
An active trunk model for an improved calculation of stress acting on the lumbar spine during whole-body vibration - F 2077
Experimental basis for the evaluation of effects of whole-body vibration in x- and y-directions on health and well beeing - F 2211
Reduction of risk factors for non-infectious diseases - Prevention at the workplace (intervention study-feasibility study) - F 2238
Biodynamic and forces in the lumbar spine in dependence on dynamiccontact forces at the interfaces using suspended seats during occupational exposure to whole-body vibration - F 2239
The occupational handling of heavy loads and the coxarthrosis risk in a historical cohort of "SDAG Wismut" employees - a nested case-control study ("Coaxarthrosis-Study of Wismut employees") - F 2252
Evaluation of the effects of vibration on health and well-being-experimental investigations - F 2255
Job specific risk for sick leave due muscoloskeletel disorders or cardiovascular diseases - definition of highly affected jobs for primary prevention - F 2257
Relation between risk values based on internal spinal forces and epidemiological outcomes due to long-term whole-body vibrations - F 2277
Analyses of occupational diseases of the musculo-skeletal system in Germany by gender - F 2281
Retrospective cohort study on the etiology of knee disorders caused by occupational risk factors considering their multifactorial origin - F 2282
Investigation of stress-relations between physical load and physiological responses/morbidity - F 2334
Relationship between work and the occurrence of hip osteoarthritis (coxarthrosis) - F 2338
Occupational risk factors for cardiovascular diseases - prospective analysis of the Gutenberg-Health-Study (GHS)
F 3.2 Work-related illnesses of the cardiovascular system
- F 2029
Relationship between psychosocial stress at the workplace and cardiovascular diseases - F 2054
Association between occupational group, psychosocial stress at work and cardiovascular risk factors - F 2235
Work-related risk factors for cardiovascular diseases - F 2295
Work, Age and Health - F 2297
Pilot study for a cohort study on the etiology of ischemic heart diseases caused by occupational risk factors considering their multifactorial origin - F 2316
Fractions of cardiovascular diseases attributable to selected work place factors (shift work, psychosocial stress) - a pilot study to evaluate existing data
Further research projects
- F 1835
Prevalidation study to assay toxic effects of inhalation toxins (gases) by exposing lung cells directly at the air-liquid interface - F 1931
Risk analysis on the exposure to quartz dust and the occurence of chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) - F 1969
Additional mixed model analysis of a longitudinal study of two cohorts in the potash mining - F 2037
Relationship between work-related silicate exposure and the development of particular renal diseases (i. e. glomerulonephritis) - F 2129
Epidemiology as aid to decision-making for social provision in the occupational field - F 2155
Stationary morbidity of uranium miners of the Wismut 1985 - 1989 - F 2251
Analysis of work related reasons for sickness absence considering of the BIBB/BAuA Survey of Employed Persons of 2006 - F 2274
Occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and laryngeal cancer - a systematic review - F 2305
Restructuring in companies in terms of quality and size - a review
Development projects
E 1 Methods and practical aids for the risk assessment
E 1.1 Simple measuring procedures and instruments suitable for practical purposes with respect to physical factors of the working environment
- F 1898
Methods to comply with action and limit values to support the German ordinance transposing the EU-Directive 2003/10/EC Noise into national law - F 1955
Vibration modelling of both hand-arm-systems of workers for application in testing of handheld machines - F 2039
Assessment of the thermal stress in working premises where there are elevated outdoor temperatures - F 2115
Measurement procedure for the risk assessment of light emitting diodes (LEDs) - F 2122
Preparation of informative material on the subject of daylight use and sun protection measures at office workstations - F 2170
Noise exposure of pupils - F 2180
Climate at the workplace - practical measurements to verify simulation calculations and to draw up a practical aid for companies - F 2254
Applicable measurement procedures for risk assessments of physical agents - F 2287
Investigation of fundamental causes of accidents, incidents and near misses (Root-Cause-Analysis) for the prevention in small and medium-sized enterprises - F 2310
Dazzling by artificial optical radiation under mesopic conditions
E 1.2 Risk assessment - biological agents
- F 2006
Medical examination of influence from different operational systems for ifestock husbandry of laying hens on working conditions of employees in agriculture - F 2042
Development of a 16S rRNA-gen-based primersystem for the detection of saccharopolyspora rectivirgula in bioaerosols - F 2052
Health risks in poultry farming - F 2063
Health risks in composting plants: an epidemiological follow-up study - F 2163
Development of a gen-based detectionsystem for bacteria as causative organisms for respiratory problems due bioaerosols at workplaces - F 2186
Validation of a fluorescence-microscopy-method for analyses of bioaerosol samples from different workplaces - F 2215
Development of a 16S rRNA-gen based primersystem for the detection of Thermoactinomyces species in bioaerosols - F 2289
Practicality of rRNA-gene-libraries for the characterization of biological agents in the air of work places - F 2298
Extended prevalidation study for examination of the toxic impact of substances effective via inhalation (gases) after direct exposition of human lung cells at the layer between air and liquid - F 2331
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in emissions from the industrial livestock farming
E 1.3 Development of instruments for the risk assessment of physical strains
E 1.4 Risk assessment - mental loads
- F 1965
Tools for the detection and the assessment of mental load - Updating of the toolbox version 1.0 - F 1997
Validation of the checklists for the recording of stress, fatigue, monotony and satiation - F 2166
Developing and testing user-friendly software for the instruments SIGMA and BASA - F 2193
Evaluation of practised psychosocial risk assessment and management in companies - F 2266
Manual "Risk assessment of mental work load"
E 1.5 Easy-to-use workplace control scheme for hazardous substances (EMKG)
- F 2044
Exposure to hazardous substances - part 4: Workers exposure during repair, maintenance and cleaning work done by service enterprises - F 2134
Workers' exposure during recycling processes - part 5: paper products - F 2265
Field Study on a Future Module "Fire and Explosion Risks" for an Easy-to-use Control Scheme for Hazardous Substances at the Workplace (EMKG) - F 2307
Development and validation of control guidance sheets for protection against chemicals in maintenance and parking of cars - F 2308
Development of specific Control Guidance Sheets for the use or biocidal products (wood preservatives, rodenticides, insecticides) - F 2309
Validation of control guidance sheets for filling and emptying of containers for liquids - F 2314
Easy-to-use workplace control scheme for hazardous substances 3.0 - Technical and didactical revision of the overall concept
E 2 Practical aids for products designed to be safe and healthy
E 2.1 Product safety portal
E 2.2 Decision-making aids for the purchase of safe, healthy and practicable products
- F 1874
Educational film "Design and selection of safe and health products" - F 1882
Technical means of work for temporary works at a height - F 1963
Ergonomic Design of VDUs in the production-sector - development of guidelines - F 1981
Software guide for machine design - F 2036
Protective components to reduce solar UV exposure at outdoor workers - F 2048
Methods for testing the usability of products by European and international comparison - F 2060
Noise emission classes of office computer systems - F 2118
Determination of the influence of old age dependent factors on operators for the requirements on the construction of hand-held machines - F 2158
Safety installations for hand-guided laser machining - F 2159
Need-related design and equipment of sanitation facilities at workplaces - F 2161
Auralization for office design - F 2216
Risk assessment of products - recommendations for methods, evaluation criteria and examples - F 2242
Evaluation and improvement of existing decision-making tools for purchasing safe and healthy products - F 2243
Development of media for application of new Machinery Directive - F 2249
Ergonomic Design of Workstations with Visual Display Units in Control Rooms - F 2290
Decision-making aids for acquiring products conforming with health and safety and usability - I. "Product- and hazard-related determination on demand for decision making aids" - F 2291
Decision-making aids for acquiring products conforming with health and safety and usability - II.1 "Validation and advancement of the usability compendium" - F 2292
Decision-making aids for acquiring products conforming with health and safety and usability - II.2 "Noise emission declarations in practice (NOMAD)" - F 2293
Decision-making aids for acquiring products conforming with health and safety and usability - III.1 "Guideline for SME for choosing quiet machines" - F 2294
Decision-making aids for acquiring products conforming with health and safety and usability - III.2 "Guideline for purchasing usable operating software" - F 2311
ISOMAG 1.3 - Additions and Modifications - F 2320
Complex Control Center Operations - Assessing stress and designing workplaces
E 3 Corporate health management and the work of company doctors
E 3.1 The promotion of holistic concepts of action within the framework of corporate health management
- F 1923
Drawing up of a non-binding guide to prevention and good practice with a view to improving the health and safety of workers in the hospitals and healthcare sector - F 2141
Approaches for an in-company promotion of security- and health-competency through informal learning in working processes - F 2253
Development and testing an evaluation tool for ward management for work organization of hospital wards - F 2319
Communicative action as a factor in the return-to-work-process from the perspective of return-to-work
E 3.2 Models for the design and implementation of the work of company doctors and occupational health care
- F 1913
Investigation of the State of knowledge of Entrepreneurs and Employees in the Area of occupational safety and health in small and medium-sized Enterprises (SME) - F 2061
Guidance for occupational physicians and health and safety professionals in the treatment of beryllium exposure - F 2317
Evidence-based health information for employees and company physicians - development of methodology
E 3.3 Development of preventive approaches and concepts for young workers
E 4 Specialist concepts for the risk analysis and risk regulation as contributions to the safety of chemical products
E 4.1 Tools for the assessment of health risks and occupational safety and health measures within the framework of tasks under chemicals law
- F 1926
Identification of the different causes for work related hand eczema - F 1932
Advanced model for occupational chemical exposure assessment - F 2034
Occupational exposure from use of biocidal products, part 6: Application of desinfectants in food and feed producing enterprises - F 2053
Measurement of dermal chemical exposure in occupational use of wood preservatives - F 2137
Validation of a computer based model for the assessment of inhalation and dermal exposure during spray application - F 2280
Efficiancy evaluation of desinfectants - Development of testing strategies and assessment criteria - F 2303
Validation of models for the initial estimation of occupational exposure (Tier 1) in the chemical safety assessment under REACH
E 4.2 Contributions to the precautionary strategy for nanomaterials at the workplace
- F 2261
Characterization of substances in naoscale as a basis for their assessment under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) - F 2268
Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) Code of Practice for Handling of Nanomaterials in Laboratories, a Contribution to the Third-Party Funded Project "NanoValid" of Nordmiljö AB (Sweden) in the EU 7th Framework Programme - F 2269
NanoGEM, Nanostructured Materials - Health, Exposition, and Characteristics of the Material - F 2271
German company survey on the safe use of nanomaterials at the workplace - F 2272
Development of a software tool to determine the number concentration for agglomerates and primary particles from nanomaterials at the workplace - F 2273
Memorandum for application of the EU precautionary principle to nanomaterials at the workplace - F 2325
Testing methods for nanomaterials in the regulatory framework of chemical safety - BAuA contribution to "Regulatory testing of nanomaterials (NanoReg)" in the 7th EU framework program for research
E 4.3 Procedures and practical aids for biomonitoring
- F 1974
Biomonitoring of occupational exposure to beryllium - F 2056
Biological monitoring of naphthalene for exposures to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in small and medium enterprises - F 2169
Studies on the practicability of non invasive methods in biological monitoring - Validation and automation of a method for exhaled breath analyses - F 2306
Field survey of an analytical technology for end-exhaled air to conduct human biomonitoring of the internal exposure to hazardous substances using the example of tetrachloroethene
E 4.4 User-friendly government action und hazardous substances legislation ("Good Governance")
Further development projects
- F 1704
ERA-NET - NEW OSH ERA - F 1785
Promoting and protections mental health - supporting policy through integration of research, current approaches and practice - F 1867
Analysis of curricula with regard to safety and health in secondary schools (classes 5-10) - F 1966
IGNIS - Income generation and climate protection by valorising MSW in a sustainable way in ernerging mega-cities - F 1990
Topic Center OSH (TC-OSH) - F 2084
Fatal occupational accidents in the industry in the years 2003 - 2007 - F 2120
Education initiative on the safe and healthy design of products in various university courses - F 2142
Development of tools to integrate the co-ordination in accordance with the Construction Site Order into the construction related value-added chain - F 2148
Health in Restructuring: Innovative Approches and Policy Recommendations - F 2188
Design for a learning-conducive corporate culture for safety and health at work - F 2229
Developing, providing and communication of action guides and manuals to support persons involved in the safety and health related planning and execution of construction work - F 2234
Comparative analysis of national strategies for occupational safety and health - F 2240
Comparison of methods: Analysis of method included implications of different labour force surveys - F 2267
Health in Restructuring: Innovative Approches and Policy Recommendations (HIRES PLUS)