Declaration of Accessibility

for the the database GESTIS – Analytical methods for chemical agents at workplaces

The Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA) makes every effort to ensure that its website is accessible in accordance with the provisions of the German Federal Disability Discrimination and General Equal Treatment Act (BGG) and the Barrier-free Information Technology Ordinance (BITV 2.0) implementing Directive (EU) 2016/2102.

This accessibility declaration (last amended: 28 February 2023) applies to the version of the for the the database GESTIS - Analytical methods for chemical agents at workplaces currently available on the Internet.

Compliance status

The accessibility requirements arise from Sections 3 (1) to (4) and 4 of the BITV 2.0, which was adopted pursuant to Section 12d of the BGG.

Review of compliance with the requirements is based on an internal assessment conducted on 28 February 2023.

Owing to the amendments and testing currently in progress, the web application partly complies with the requirements referred to above.

The web application ‘GESTIS - Analytical methods for chemical agents at workplaces’ is currently being revised to bring it into line with the requirements. Upon completion of these amendments, a WCAG test will be performed and the results of the test will be published here.

We are currently working on the processes required for continual improvement of the information provided by the Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA) with respect to digital accessibility.

What parts are not accessible?

  • The operation of the web application is not completely accessible: it is not yet fully device-independent - the application is not exclusively operable with the keyboard. Not all interactive elements are focusable and labelled.
  • The accessibility statement is not yet available in English easy language.
  • The accessibility statement is not yet available in English sign language.

Date of the declaration

This declaration was produced on 28 February 2023.

Reporting obstacles to accessibility

Would you like to inform us of existing obstacles to access or ask for information on implementing accessibility? Please send us your feedback and any further information at this e-mail address: .