Research projects of the German institutions for social accident insurance

Prevention of accidents on the way to or from work or when travelling on work-related business in veterinary practices: Project No.: BG36#037

Prevention of accidents on the way to and from work and accidents while travelling on work-related business in outpatient health and social care services: Project No.: BG36#038

Definition of high-risk groups of workers formerly exposed to asbestos: Project No.: BIA0031

Shipping containers for sample carriers: Project No.: BIA0038

Epidemiological study Saxonia: Project No.: BIA0050

Development of a guide of good practice for the improvement of safety and health (risk evaluation) in small enterprises: Project No.: BIA0051

BIA-Software "Noise" for recording and assessment of workplace exposure measurements: Project No.: BIA0054

Key innovations for prevention services of the future in OH&S "Prävention 2000+: Project No.: BIA0055

Studies into tripping, slipping and falling accidents in the institution for statutory accident insurance and prevention in the meat-processing industry: Project No.: BIA0056

Development of an internet system for occupational safety and health research information: Project No.: BIA0058

Information on research into safety and health protection at work - data collection and internet development: Project No.: BIA0059

Epidemiological metaanalysis cadmium: Project No.: BIA0060

Epidemiological evidence quartz, silica and lung cancer: Project No.: BIA0061

Epidemiological synopsis of benzene and leukemia: Project No.: BIA0062

Epidemiological synopsis of diesel exhaust emissions and lung cancer: Project No.: BIA0063

OMEGA "Hazardous Substances" software for the recording and assessment of workplace exposure measurements: Project No.: BIA0064

CCall: successful and healthy working in call centres: Project No.: BIA0066

Design of user guides for complex safety-related systems: Project No.: BIA0067

Black toner: Project No.: BIA0068

Study of the benefit provided by the testing and certification activity of the Institutions for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention (BGs) for the prevention work of the BGs: Project No.: BIA0069

OH&S monitoring systems: Project No.: BIA0070

Topic Centre on Research - Work and Health 2002: Project No.: BIA0071

Dossier on tetrachloroethene (PCE): Project No.: BIA0074

Tetrachloroethene and cancer. Critical review and synthesis of the epidemiological literature: Project No.: BIA0075

Quality metrics for safety-related software in machine guarding: Project No.: BIA0077

Topic Centre Research - Work and Health: Design and implementation of an information system for emerging risks and monitorig systems in occupational safety and health: Project No.: BIA0078

European research on occupational safety and health: emerging risks and monitoring of work conditions: Project No.: BIA0080

Ageing of industrial helmets: Project No.: BIA1011

Protective clothing and protective gloves against chemical risks: Project No.: BIA1044

Comparison of test methods for industrial safety helmets: Project No.: BIA1045

Test criteria for diffusive samplers: Project No.: BIA1046

Setup of facilities for testing of gas measuring and sampling devices: Project No.: BIA1047

Surface designs of natural stone floor coverings: Project No.: BIA1051

Cleaning and servicing natural stone floor coverings: Project No.: BIA1054

Study of the performance of detector tube measurement systems: Project No.: BIA1055

Automation of fibre analysis by SEM/EDXA: Project No.: BIA1056

Thoracic sampling of fibres: Project No.: BIA1057

Size Selective Personal Air Sampling Using Porous Foams: Project No.: BIA1058

Generation of the test field for radiofrequency (RF) protective clothing: Project No.: BIA1059

Personal dust sampler system for a flow rate of 10 l/min: Project No.: BIA1061

Expansion of the automatic fibre analysis by means of SEM/EDX to special fibres (inorganic material fibres): Project No.: BIA1062

Ammonia-caused cross-sensitivities when using short-term detector tubes for formaldehyde after disinfection of rooms: Project No.: BIA1065

Respiratory protection against ozone: Project No.: BIA1066

Protection through op-face masks and minimum requirements for respiratory protective equipment: Project No.: BIA1067

Influence of the breathing mode on the service life of gas filters: Project No.: BIA1068

Flammability and combustion characteristics of breathing filters: Project No.: BIA1069

Chemical and microorganism-resistant footwear: Project No.: BIA1070

Glare on visual display terminals: Project No.: BIA1071

Substances contained in dichloromethane-free paint strippers: Project No.: BIA1073

Migration, work and health: Project No.: BIA1076

Work-related health risks: research and company practice: Project No.: BIA1077

Materials-related emissions from agents employed in computer appliances: Project No.: BIA1080

Determination of talc in alveolar dusts: Project No.: BIA2016

Mineral acids in workplace air: Project No.: BIA2021

Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans in workplace air in waste incineration and metal recycling plants: Project No.: BIA2022

Chromium (VI) in leather: Project No.: BIA2023

Explosives in workplace air: Project No.: BIA2028

Semivolatile nitrosamines in workplace air: Project No.: BIA2029

Gypsum from flue gas desulphurization plants: Project No.: BIA2030

Nitrosamines in stripping baths: Project No.: BIA2031

Simultaneous sampling of vapour and particles: Project No.: BIA2032

New measurement procedure for esters: Project No.: BIA2034

New measurement procedure for glycolether/-ester: Project No.: BIA2035

Measurement procedure for determination of ammonia: Project No.: BIA2036

Sample dissolution for the analytical determination of soluble metal compounds: Project No.: BIA2037

Assessment of workplaces with exposure to rosin: Project No.: BIA2038

Measurement procedure for methyl tertiary butyl ether: Project No.: BIA2039

Measurement procedure for 2-butanone oxim: Project No.: BIA2040

Measurement of the average benzo[a]pyrene content in the CTPV (coal tar pitch volatiles) component: Project No.: BIA2041

Development of a procedure for measurement of Kathon CG: Project No.: BIA2044

Retrospective determination of the cumulative asbestos fibre dust dose ("fibre years") of employees: Project No.: BIA2045

Measurement of silicon carbide in respirable dusts: Project No.: BIA2046

Method for measurement of thermal decomposition products of sand cores bonded with polyurethane in foundries: Project No.: BIA2049

Method for measurement of glycolic acid n-butyl ester: Project No.: BIA2050

Hygienic studies on seagoing vessels: Project No.: BIA2052

Microbial contamination of laboratory eyewash stations: Project No.: BIA2054

Procedure for measurement of inhaltion anesthetics: Project No.: BIA2056

Identification of asbestos fibres in mineral dusts: Project No.: BIA2057

Dust situation and protective measures in stonemasons' businesses: Project No.: BIA3026

Installation of an apparatus for determination of the minimum ignition energy of dusts: Project No.: BIA3027

Testing of apparatus for determination of the minimum ignition energy of dusts: Project No.: BIA3028

Documentation of dust explosions: Project No.: BIA3036

Driver's workplace in the standard transport bus: Project No.: BIA3037

Driver's workplace in tram vehicles; joint project launched by the institution for statutory accident insurance and prevention in the railway, metropolitan railway and tramway sector: Project No.: BIA3038

Risk assessment and protective measures required for the prevention of dust explosions arising through the silaging and subsequent processing of crystallized sugar: Project No.: BIA3040

Charges of the respiratory tract due to hazardous substances at haidressers' workplaces: Project No.: BIA3041

Studies into size-fractionated sampling of dusts by means of polyurethane: Project No.: BIA3042

Conversion factors for hazardous substances - calculation of conversion factors for gases, vapours, mists: Project No.: BIA3047

Dust emissions of hand-held electrical tools for wood working: Project No.: BIA3049

Combustion and explosion characteristics of dusts: Project No.: BIA3051

Test bench for testing machinery for the removal of Class H particulate: Project No.: BIA3052

Occupational safety and environmental protection in industrial laser ablation techniques - LASER 2000: Project No.: BIA3055

Emissions of hazardous substances from machines: Project No.: BIA3056

Conceptual design and commissioning of a cabin for simulation of working operations: Project No.: BIA3057

Dust emission during release of vacuum from cathode-ray tubes: Project No.: BIA3058

Testing of two direct-reading carbon monoxide meters in accordance with prEN 45544: Project No.: BIA3059

Soldering fume emission: Project No.: BIA3060

Dust emissions of wall chasers: Project No.: BIA3061

BG/BIA recommendations: "Bitumen: Project No.: BIA3062

BG/BIA recommendations "Anaesthesia workplaces: Project No.: BIA3063

Determination of the capture efficiency of welding fume extraction devices: Project No.: BIA3064

BG/BIA recommendations: "Maintenance work on passenger vehicles in workshops: Project No.: BIA3065

Tracer gas systems for the measurement of ventilation characteristics: Project No.: BIA3066

Cleaning work involving petroleum containing benzene: Project No.: BIA3067

Verified procedures for the disconnection and the drilling and tapping of asbestos cement water pipes: Project No.: BIA3070

Verified procedures for the removal of flooring materials containing asbestos: Project No.: BIA3071

Glove bag procedure for weight reduction of electric storage heaters containing asbestos: Project No.: BIA3072

Verified procedure for the removal of friction linings (brake and clutch linings) containing asbestos: Project No.: BIA3073

BG/BIA recommendations: Exhaust emissions tests at test centres: Project No.: BIA3074

BG/BIA recommendations "Intaglio printing: Project No.: BIA3075

BG/BIA recommendations "Flour dust in bakeries: Project No.: BIA3076

BG/BIA recommendations for inspections in motor vehicle test centres: Project No.: BIA3077

Manual filling and weighing processes: Project No.: BIA3079

Air quality at office workplaces: Project No.: BIA3080

Dust-raising behaviour and material composition of diatomaceous earths: Project No.: BIA3081

BG/BIA Recommendations: Use of cooling lubricants in metal machining: Project No.: BIA3092

Vibration exposure in buildings: Project No.: BIA4019

Hearing protectors for drivers of vehicles: Project No.: BIA4024

Risk of hearing loss caused by impulse noise: Project No.: BIA4035

Noise-reduced technologies and working processes - metal working: Project No.: BIA4039

Measuring method for sound reduction by distance doubling: Project No.: BIA4040

Vibration exposure at workplaces of stone masons: Project No.: BIA4041

Noise exposure experienced by construction site workers: Project No.: BIA4044

Vibration exposure of fork lift truck drivers: Project No.: BIA4048

Epidemiological study "Whole-body vibration: Project No.: BIA4050

Personal protective equipment against vibration: anti-vibration gloves: Project No.: BIA4051

Vibration exposure of truck drivers: Project No.: BIA4054

Vibration reduction on bunk-beds: Project No.: BIA4055

PC information system for the selection of personal protective equipment: Project No.: BIA4056

Hearing protector performance in impulse noise: Project No.: BIA4057

Noise impact upon helicopter pilots and helicopter ground crews: Project No.: BIA4058

Evaluation of the acoustic quality of workrooms by means of a calculation model: Project No.: BIA4060

Impact of vibration upon bus drivers' workplaces: Project No.: BIA4065

Stress placed upon the spinal column during the lifting and carrying of loads - development of a worker-specific measurement system: Project No.: BIA4066

Acoustical test method for level-dependent earmuffs: Project No.: BIA4067

Analysis of the state of noise abatement technology in connection with compacting machines for the production of precast concrete slabs: Project No.: BIA4068

Procedure for testing the vibration emissions of mobile machinery on natural test tracks: Project No.: BIA4069

Analysis of the state of engineering in the field of low noise nozzles: Project No.: BIA4070

Noise impact at workplaces on construction sites (IV): Project No.: BIA4071

Exposure to hand-arm vibration at workplaces in the construction industry: Project No.: BIA4072

Audibility of warning signals while wearing level dependent ear-muffs: Project No.: BIA4073

Sound power level and emission sound pressure level of machines: Project No.: BIA4074

Noise reduction of weaving looms: Project No.: BIA4075

Accidents due to slipping, tripping and falling in the butcher's trade - Partial project: development of a measuring method for work process analysis: Project No.: BIA4076

Vibration exposure of helicopter pilots: Project No.: BIA4079

Vibration exposure in coaches at the driver's seat and in the sleeping compartment: Project No.: BIA4080

Vibration exposure during riding: Project No.: BIA4081

Hand-arm motion recording and analysing system - laboratory and field validation: Project No.: BIA4082

Acoustic test procedure for ear-muffs with audio communication: Project No.: BIA4083

Detection and assessment of movements of the upper limbs: Project No.: BIA4084

Ergonomics at sewing workplaces: Project No.: BIA4085

Ergonomic assessment of a memory seat for a bus driver's workplace: Project No.: BIA4086

Hearing protectors for use in indoor shooting ranges: Project No.: BIA4087

Durability of vibration-reducing drivers´ seats in earth moving machinery: Project No.: BIA4088

Vibration reduction seats for trolley buses and low floor buses: Project No.: BIA4089

Whole-body vibration of railway locomotive drivers: Project No.: BIA4090

Round robin test involving dynamic dummies for the testing of drivers' seats: Project No.: BIA4091

Operating safety of personal protective equipment (PPE) including electronic circuits: Project No.: BIA4092

European Information System for Occupational Safety and Health (EISOSH): Project No.: BIA4093

Recording of the musculo skeletal load experienced by stewardesses when pushing trolleys on board aircraft: Project No.: BIA4094

Recording and analysis of the musculo-skeletal load upon employees in container ports: Project No.: BIA4095

Test method for supplementary handles with vibration damping: Project No.: BIA4096

Whole-body vibration at workplaces: hazard assessment in accordance with the EU proposal for a Vibration directive: Project No.: BIA4097

Loading upon cabin attendants induced by the pushing and pulling of trolleys on board airlines: Project No.: BIA4099

Spinal loading in the nursing professions: Project No.: BIA4100

Noise reduction on circular saws by means of low-noise saw blades: Project No.: BIA4101

Selection criteria for call centre headsets: Project No.: BIA4102

Influence of frequency weighting to VDI 2057-1:2002 upon the whole-body vibration exposure: Project No.: BIA4108

Harmful substances in hearing protectors: Project No.: BIA4111

Program interface for transfer of posture data from the CUELA system to the "Dortmunder" biomechanical model: Project No.: BIA4114

Dynamic pressure testing of hydraulic flexible hoses: Project No.: BIA5001

Dissipation ability for electrostatic charges of floor coverings used in gas pressure control plants and compression stations: Project No.: BIA5015

The behaviour of shrouded plug and socket connectors to DIN 49462/63 under environmental influences in the construction sector: Project No.: BIA5019

Dynamic pressure testing of hydraulic flexible hose assemblies - Ageing effects of storage conditions: Project No.: BIA5031

Light barriers with test facility: Project No.: BIA5032

Plastic hydraulic hose assemblies: Project No.: BIA5037

Investigations into the ageing of hydraulic flexible hose assemblies used in mobile longwall supports in the coal mining industry: Project No.: BIA5040

Pressure-sensitive mats and floors: Project No.: BIA5044

Obstacle detection on driverless industrial trucks: Project No.: BIA5052

Failure lists for hydraulic and pneumatic components: Project No.: BIA5055

Realisation of category 3 according to EN 954-1 by use of programmable logic controllers (PLC) - examples: Project No.: BIA5060

Safe application of converter-powered drives: Project No.: BIA5061

Homogeneous-redundant programmable controllers in failsafe technique: Project No.: BIA5063

Optical scanning devices for collision protection on automated guided vehicles: Project No.: BIA5065

Reduction in the hazard levels presented by automated production lines under fault conditions: Project No.: BIA5066

New types of programmable electronic controls for safety circuits in paper cutting guillotines: Project No.: BIA5068

Validation of the protective zone of electro-sensitive protective equipment (ESPE): Project No.: BIA5073

Recommendations for the testing and certification of hydraulic proportional directional control valves: Project No.: BIA5074

Programming language subsets: Project No.: BIA5075

Quantitative analysis of complex electronic systems using fault tree analyses and Markov models: Project No.: BIA5076

Door controls with integrated safety function: Project No.: BIA5077

Integrated safety technology for machinery: Project No.: BIA5079

Complex safety functions on machinery: Project No.: BIA5080

Transmission of safety-related signals via standard field bus systems: Project No.: BIA5081

Assessment of the safety-related reliability of control systems: development of practical test methods: Project No.: BIA5084

Development of a checklist for testing and certification of ergonomic machinery design: Project No.: BIA5088

Analysis software for automatic signal processing of time-variable physical quantities in the project "Loading upon cabin attendants induced by the pushing and pulling of trolleys: Project No.: BIA5090

System for separate measurement of three-dimensional time-variant hand forces: Project No.: BIA5091

Distribution of forces in full body harnesses: Project No.: BIA6010

Loading tests on aged safety nets: Project No.: BIA6011

Mechanical strength of grinding wheels: Project No.: BIA6028

Mechanical strength and ageing of plastic steps: Project No.: BIA6034

Self-locking and self-retardation of screw drives for vehicle lifts: Project No.: BIA6035

Ageing of safety net materials: Project No.: BIA6039

Cladding in scaffolds with couplers and their influenceon the anchorage points: Project No.: BIA6043

Gripping safety of eccentric clamps: Project No.: BIA6044

Test procedure to evaluate impact and holding forces at the shaft of manual operated concrete floating machines: Project No.: BIA6047

Operating forces of power operated doors: Project No.: BIA6048

Impact resistance of guards for turning machines: Project No.: BIA6052

Impact strength of guard materials for machine centres: Project No.: BIA6054

Ageing of resinoid bonded grinding wheels: Project No.: BIA6055

Service life of self-locking and self-retarding spindle drives for vehicle lifts: Project No.: BIA6056

Impact strength of polycarbonate vision panels in guards: Project No.: BIA6057

Metal foams for guards on high-speed machine tools: Project No.: BIA6058

Safety of power-operated brushing tools: Project No.: BIA6059

Impact resistance of guards on stationary grinding machines: Project No.: BIA6061

Reaction times under the effect of crushing forces: Project No.: BIA6067

Side impact behavior of industrial safety helmets: Project No.: BIA6068

Test method for knee pads: Project No.: BIA6069

Service life of industrial safety helmets manufactured from fibre-reinforced phenol formaldehyde resin: Project No.: BIA6070

Reduction of microbial air pollution in waste sorting plants: Project No.: BIA7001

Criteria documents for foreign occupational exposure limits: Project No.: BIA7002

Sample preparation for bacterial toxicity tests by means of thermodesorption: Project No.: BIA7003

Occupational handling of antineoplastic drugs and cancer risk: Project No.: BIA7004

Health hazard assessment of colour print toner dust: Project No.: BIA7005

Microbiological investigations in textile plants: Project No.: BIA7006

Round-robin assay of mould detection on filters contaminated artificially in a dust tunnel: Project No.: BIA7007

Investigation of microbiological agents in vehicle washing facilities: Project No.: BIA7009

Bacteria and mould fungus species in cooling lubricants: Project No.: BIA7010

Validation of the luminescent bacteria test: Project No.: BIA7011

Toxicity of toner dusts: Project No.: BIA7012

Impact of occupational noise induced hearing loss on central auditory processing: Project No.: FF-FB0078

Examination of degenerational and regenerational characteristics in lumbar discs and check of the relationship with occupational lumbar load: Project No.: FF-FB0082

Validation of the new whole-body vibration evaluation methods, Part B: a reanalysis of the data of the wbv-study: Project No.: FF-FB0082B

Comparative studies for the determination of the diffusion capacity of the lung using CO and NO: Project No.: FF-FB0086

Analytical study on testicular tumors occurring in automobile industry employees - embedded case-control-study: Project No.: FF-FB0087

Early detection study for urinary bladder cancer in a risk collective - Subproject 2: Project No.: FF-FB0093

Evaluation of inpatient rehabilitation regarding pulmonary diseases in the clinics Falkenstein and Bad Reichenhall (Clinics of institutions for social accident insurance): Project No.: FF-FB0094

Medical-occupational rehabilitation of work-related dermatoses - optimizing and quality-management of an integrated interdisciplinary medical and educational programme of tertiary prevention: Project No.: FF-FB0096

Determinatin of compression forces on the intervertebral disc L5/S1 for shovelling work tasks: Project No.: FF-FB0100

Validation of the new whole-body vibration evaluation methods on the basis of the data of the previous epidemiological study "whole-body vibration" (wbv), Project part A: Project No.: FF-FB0110A

Validation of the new whole-body vibration evaluation methods on the basis of the data of the previous epidemiological study "whole-body vibration" (wbv), Project part B: Project No.: FF-FB0110B

Validation of new biomarkers for early diagnosis of mesothelioma in a longitudinal study - sub-project vital status research -: Project No.: FF-FB0111

Quantification of ETS-exposure in non-smoking employees - a literature review: Project No.: FF-FB0121

The relevance of the respiratory quotient (RQ) and lactate for the determination of the impaired earning capacity status: Project No.: FF-FB0128

Quality management and evaluation of the optimized dermatologist's procedure and of the corresponding administrative multi-step-intervention procedure for occupational skin diseases: Project No.: FF-FB0130

Scientific evaluation of the administrative management of reported cases of occupational skin diseases after the nationwide implementation of the "step wise procedure" (Stufenverfahren Haut) by the German Social Accident Insurance Institutions: Project No.: FF-FB0130_2

Validity of static lungs compliance in asbestos-induced diseases of lung: Project No.: FF-FB0131

Quantitative investigations of regeneration patterns in lumbar human discs; correlation of regeneration and occupational load: Project No.: FF-FB0133

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