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Promoting health and safety at work is
part of our corporate culture and an
expression of our responsibility for our
employees. Only employees who are
able and willing to perform will commit
their strength and energy for the bene-
fit of Siemens. Your health, but also the
work environment therefore play a key
role.
Accordingly, where this is deemed to be
sensible, the measures we take extend
beyond the statutory requirements.
Intensive cooperation from local man-
agers, company doctors and safety spe-
cialists is a fundamental prerequisite
for the success of our company.
We are firmly convinced that this inte-
grated approach to health and safety
management will be of the greatest
benefit.
Jrgen Radomski,
Managing Board, Siemens AG
CP G ISA
Industrial Health and Safety
Tel.: +49 89 636 33593
Munich, 2004
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Health and Safety Management at Siemens AG
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1. Introduction 4
2. Scope 4
3. Company structure 5
4. Responsibility for health and
safety at Work 6
4.1 Managing Board
4.2 Group Executive Management
4.3 Plant managers
4.4 Other managers
5. Delegation of duties/
Letter of instruction 7
5.1 Delegation of duties
5.2 Letter of instruction
6. Implementation strategy 8
7. Specialist responsibilities and
duties with respect to health
and saftey at work 8-9
7.1 CP G ISA
7.2 Main Committee on Health and Safety at Work (HASK)
7.3 Operating Group Industrial Safety Offices (Ref AS)
7.4 Industrial safety specialists
7.5 Company doctors
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8. Training and education 10
9. Information 11
10. Emergency provisions 12
11. Hazard assessment 12-13
12. Planning health and
safety measures 14
13. Measures to monitor
compliance 14
14. Reporting 14-15
15. Records 15
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Introduction
Health and safety at work have
been a high priority at Siemens
AG ever since the company
was founded. This is also
reflected in the fact that for
many years now Siemens AG
has had accident figures well
below the average for the
Berufsgenossenschaften (co-
operative trade associations
which insure employees at
work) and is one of the leaders
in this field in the German
Association for Precision
Engineering and Electrical
Engineering (see chart).
At Siemens AG, the provisions
for health and safety at work
are set out in a company
agreement between manage-
ment and the Central Works
Council. This agreement, enti-
tled Gesetzliche Unfallversiche-
rung und Arbeitsschutz Rote
Mappe (Health and Safety at
Work and Industrial Accident
Insurance, also referred to as
the Red Book) forms the basis
for the following description of
the management system for
health and safety at work at
Siemens AG, which regulates
basic aspects. This description
does not cover the systems
concrete implementation for
specific cases. The guiding
principles underlying this
description are based on the
British Standard BS 8800.
Other relevant documents:
ZP Circular 01/01
Health and Safety at Work
and Industrial Accident
Insurance (Red Book)
Health and Safety at Work
(Annual Report), current
issue
Scope
The management system for
health and safety at work
described in this document
applies to Siemens AG. Affili-
ated companies are responsible
for their own health and safety
at work.
This responsibility includes
observing the objectives and
principles of the health and
safety management system of
Siemens AG, as they apply to
them. In so doing, the affili-
ated companies are acknowl-
edging the fact that, notwith-
standing their legal status,
they are above all part of the
Siemens organization and bear
the same responsibility for the
health and safety of their
employees.
Other relevant documents:
ZP Circular 01/01
Health and Safety at Work
and Industrial Accident
Insurance (Red Book)
Guideline on Radiation
Protection, April, 1999
Edition
Fire Protection Guide,
September, 1999 Edition
Industrial Disaster
Prevention and Control
Organization, 2001
Edition
Industrial accidents per 1,000 employees
Development over the last ten years
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Company structure
The top management bodies
within Siemens AG are the
Managing Board and, drawn
from its members, the Corpo-
rate Executive Committee. The
Corporate Executive Commit-
tee sets out the corporate poli-
cies and monitors their imple-
mentation. Individual members
of the committee are responsi-
ble for the Operating Groups,
Corporate Departments, Corpo-
rate Centers and Regional
Organizations. They represent
their interests on the Corporate
Executive Committee and in
turn represent the Committees
interests in the areas for which
they are responsible.
The Operating Groups have the
responsibility for their own
areas of activity; they are thus
responsible for their own devel-
opment, production and mar-
keting activities and for their
own results. They manage
their businesses independently
within the overall framework
of company policy. They are
managed by a Group Executive
abroad are responsible for im-
plementing the business objec-
tives of the Operating Groups.
In Germany, business is there-
fore conducted by the relevant
Operating Group within the
overall structure of the Sales
Regions and their Regional
Offices. Outside Germany, it is
the respective Local Operating
Committee, comprising a chair-
man and additional members.
The Corporate Departments
have the authority to issue di-
rectives; they exercise control
duties and perform coordi-
nation functions within the
framework of the functions
assigned to them. The Regional
Organizations in Germany and
Other relevant documents:
ZP Circular 01/01 Health
and Safety at Work and
Industrial Accident
Insurance (Red Book)
Companies that conduct the
business. In both cases, the
Operating Groups are required
to delegate as much business
responsibility as possible to the
Regional Units.
Corporate Structure
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Managing Board
Corporate Executive Committee
Regional Units:
Regional Offices, Regional Companies, Representative Offices, Agencies
Information and
Communication
Networks ICN
Automation and
Drives
A&D
Power Generation
PG
Medical Solutions
Med
Siemens Real Estate SRE
Siemens Procurement
and Logistic Services SPLS
Siemens Management
Consulting SMC
Learning Campus LC
Siemens Professional
Education SPE
Corporate Mobility
Services CMS
Personnel Services PS
Service Center
Personnel SCP
International
Delegation Center IDC
Pension Services
Germany PSG
I and C Corporate Account
Management IC CAM
Legal Services LS
Accounting Services AS
Marketing Services
Germany MSG
Communication
Services CS
Shared Services
Latin America SSLA
Corporate Finance CF
Corporate Personnel CP
Corporate Technology CT
Corporate Development CD Information and
Communication
Mobile ICM
Industrial Solutions
and Services
I&S
Siemens Business
Services GmbH
& Co. OHG SBS
Siemens
Dematic AG
SD
Siemens Building
Technologies AG
SBT
Power Transmission
and Distribution
PTD
Transportation
Systems
TS
Siemens VDO
Automotive AG
SV
Osram GmbH
Osram
Siemens Financial
Services GmbH
SFS
Information and
Communications
Automation and
Control
Operating Groups
Power
Transportation
Medical
Lighting
Shared Services Coporate Departments
Corporate
Communications CC
Corporate Information
and Operations CIO
Global Procurement
and Logistics GPL
Chief Economist/
Corporate Relations ECR
Management Consulting
Personnel MCP
Corporate Centers
Issued: 1 October 2003
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Responsibilities for
health and safety at
work
4.1 Managing Board
Responsibility for fulfilling the
obligations arising from the
regulations on health and safe-
ty at work lies with the Man-
aging Board. Functions associ-
ated with this responsibility
are exercised by the Head of
Corporate Personnel (CP) as
a member of the Managing
Board.
The Head of Corporate Per-
sonnel has the following spe-
cific responsibilities:
Organizational responsibility
(organizational measures and
regulations)
Selection responsibility
(selecting the right employees
reporting directly to him or
her)
Supervisory responsibility
(executing the necessary
controls)
4.2 Group Executive
Management*)
Within an Operating Group,
the employers duties arising
from the health and safety
regulations are discharged by
a designated member of the
Group Executive Management.
The Group Executive Man-
agement has full responsibility
for managing their Operating
Group within the framework of
corporate policy as laid down
by the Corporate Executive
Committee. It is responsible
for ensuring that the health
and safety regulations are ob-
served. The Group Executive
Management provides the
necessary financial, human
and organizational resources
for this.
*) Where Operating Groups and Group
Executive Managements are addressed,
such references also encompass the
Corporate Departments, Corporate
Centers, Shared Services and lead
regions, and those individuals within
them who bear appropriate special
responsibility.
4.3 Plant managers**)
The plant managers***) are,
by virtue of their job, responsi-
ble for health and safety in
their areas over which they
have authority (independent
duties).
They are specifically responsi-
ble for discharging the duties
imposed on the employer in
the regulations on health and
safety at work.
4.4 Other managers
All other managers are also re-
sponsible for health and safety
within the area for which they
have operational and func-
tional responsibility and where
they are authorized to issue
orders and instructions (inde-
pendent duties)
**) In the lead region, this is the Head
of the Coordination Function, Regional
Services (LK).
Other relevant documents:
ZP Circular 01/01 Health
and Safety at Work and
Industrial Accident
Insurance (Red Book)
Industrial Safety
Ordinance
Industrial Safety Law
Industrial Protection Law
Cooperative Trade
Association Regulation
BGV A1 General
Regulations
***) Plant managers are managers who
exert a certain influence over the plants
general activities and who represent the
plant internally and externally. They are
generally tasked with discharging the
employers duties as specified in 8,
paragraph 2 of the Industrial Safety
Law and as such are responsible for
implementing the health and safety
regulations on the site.
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Managing Board of Siemens AG
Group Executive Management
Plant Manager
Manager
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Delegation of duties /
Letter of instruction
5.1 Delegation of duties
The Managing Board and other
authorized senior managers
delegate responsibility for
discharging their functions and
duties arising from the health
and safety regulations to other
lower-ranking managers.
They do this, for example, by:
assigning a function
(e.g. by announcing this via
the organizational chart or a
special circular)
special assignment
(in writing)
formal delegation (of spe-
cific employers duties)
The category of management
staff who do not require spe-
cial authority to delegate em-
ployers duties is limited to
Heads of Divisions and Sub-
divisions within the Operating
Groups, to Heads of Corporate
Departments (with the excep-
tion of CP) and to Heads of
Corporate Centers and Shared
Services (see outlines in bold).
In special cases, other man-
agers may be granted written
authorization to delegate
employers duties.
5.2 Letter of instruction
A letter of instruction reminds
managers that, depending on
their function and their level of
authority, they have independ-
ent duties to fulfill in the field
of health and safety at work.
Other relevant documents:
ZP Circular 01/01
Health and Safety at Work
and Industrial Accident
Insurance (Red Book)
Cooperative Trade
Association Regulation
BGV A1
General Regulations
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Operating Group
Division Department
Subdivison Specialist Department Specialist Department
Sector Office Office
Open
designation
Open
designation
Open
designation
Corporate Department
Main Department Corporate Center
Shared Services
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Implementation
strategy
Siemens AG applies the princi-
ple of preventive health and
safety at work. This means that
the legal requirements are to
be considered a minimum
standard. Many additional ini-
tiatives, such as the health
groups at plant level and
Siemens own health resort
facilities help to promote the
health of our employees.
Company management, occu-
pational safety specialists and
company doctors have a duty
to ensure that any weak points
with regard to health and safe-
ty implications are identified
as early as possible and elimi-
nated as potential sources of
accidents or illness.
This principle applies to the
entire product creation pro-
cess, from procurement to the
appropriate use of resources.
It also applies to the planning
and operation of installation
and construction sites, and to
setting up workplaces.
Other relevant documents:
ZP Circular 01/01
Health and Safety at Work
and Industrial Accident
Insurance (Red Book)
ZP Directive on Hazardous
Substances, 07/02 Edition
(Green Book)
Specialist responsibil-
ities and duties with
respect to health and
safety at work
7.1 CP G ISA
The department CP G ISA
Health and Safety at Work is
technically responsible for
carrying out the duties of the
Head of CP. Among other
things, CP G ISA has the power
to issue industrial safety direc-
tives on behalf of the Head of
CP. This authority extends to all
Operating Groups, Corporate
Departments, Corporate Cen-
ters, independent Divisions
and regional units as well as
to all affiliated companies.
CP G ISA also provides support
and advice to the individuals
responsible at the plants and
at the German and interna-
tional operating and affiliated
companies. In technical mat-
ters, the Chief Safety Engineer
is in charge of all safety spe-
cialists.
7.2 Main Committee on
Health and Safety at Work
(HASK)
The Main Committee on Health
and Safety at Work is the advi-
sory body on all fundamental
questions of industrial health
and safety for the entire com-
pany. It also drafts recommen-
dations for implementing
health and safety measures.
HASK is made up of represent-
atives of management, the
Chief Safety Engineer of
Siemens AG, representatives
of the company doctors and
industrial safety specialists,
and representatives of the
Central Works Council.
7.3 Operating Group
Industrial Safety Offices
(Ref AS)
Operating Group Industrial
Safety Offices (Ref AS) are set
up in the Operating Groups in
order to support the Group
Executive Managements in
discharging their supervisory
and control duties. A trained
industrial safety specialist
heads each office. The jurisdic-
tion of these offices (Ref AS)
extends over all organizational
units of the Operating Group,
both domestic and interna-
tional and including all affili-
ated companies assigned to
the Operating Group. An office
tasked with supporting the LK
is set up in each lead region. It
is headed by a senior safety
specialist.
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7.4 Industrial safety
specialists
To support all managers with
occupational safety responsi-
biities, trained occupational
safety specialists are employed
at the plants, works, lead
regions and other organizatio-
nal units.
The primary task of the indus-
trial safety commissions is to
process the relevant laws,
regulations and standards for
operational implementation, to
prepare general regulations for
Siemens AG and affiliated com-
panies, to present topics of
general interest and to coordi-
nate contributions presented
by employees.
CP G ISA appoints industrial
safety specialists as commis-
sion members and nominates
the commission speakers from
this group.
A representative of CP G ISA is
a permanent member in all
commissions. When the need
arises, temporary working
groups are occasionally set up.
Industrial safety specialists also
participate in cross-functional
working groups and in external
committees.
7.5 Company doctors
To support all managers with
occupational safety responsi-
bilities the plants, works and
sales regions employ specially
trained company doctors.
Duties that go beyond the
Industrial Safety Law are de-
fined in the Red Book under
Duties of company doctors.
Special health promotion
duties are set out in ZP Circular
28/95 dated 23 June 1995,
while environmental health
duties are set out in the ZPL
Circular/ZP Circular dated 11
March 1996.
Company Doctor Committees
advise management in all
questions of occupational
health and medicine, social
medicine, environmental medi-
cine and general health.
The Central Company
Doctor Committee advises
management in all other gen-
eral questions that affect the
Company Doctor Services of
Siemens AG as a whole (per-
sonnel matters, occupational
questions, organizational inte-
gration of the service, etc.).
CP G ISA appoints doctors as
committee members and
nominates the speakers of spe-
cial committees from this
group. A representative of CP G
ISA is a permanent member in
all committees. When the need
arises, temporary working
groups are occasionally set up.
Company doctors also partici-
pate in cross-functional work-
ing groups and in external
committees.
To advise the Group Executive
Management in questions of
occupational and environ-
mental medicine, one of the
Operating Groups company
doctors can be assigned cross-
functional tasks.
Other relevant documents:
ZP Circular 01/01
Health and Safety at Work
and Industrial Accident
Insurance (Red Book)
Occupational Safety Law
ZP Circular 28/95 dated
23 June 1995
ZPL Circular/ZP Circular
dated 11 March 1996
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Training and
instruction
Provisions for the training of
industrial safety specialists are
made according to 5 of the
Industrial Safety Law, for com-
pany doctors according to 2
of the Industrial Safety Law. In
addition, industrial safety spe-
cialists and company doctors
are responsible for their own
ongoing training.
All managers are being trained
in internal and external semi-
nars with the aim of keeping
them up-to-date with current
events in the field of health
and safety at work. The same
applies to employees who are
expected to have special safety-
related knowledge and skills.
Other needs are covered by
regular instruction sessions
and safety briefings. All rele-
vant legal and corporate regu-
lations, instruction materials
and teaching aides like check
lists and sample documents are
available from the intranets
Health and Safety portal to
which each employee has
access. The same site also pro-
vides access to information
about the industrial safety
organization at each location.
https://intranet.cp.
siemens.de/hsportal/
Other relevant documents:
ZP Circular 01/01
Health and Safety at Work
and Industrial Accident
Insurance (Red Book)
Industrial Safety
Ordinance
Industrial Safety Law
Training documentation
via the Health & Safety
Portal
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Information
In its Arbeitssicherheits-
Informationen (Industrial
Safety Bulletins), CP G ISA
regularly interprets legal and
corporate standards, some-
times in cooperation with the
appropriate commissions or
committees, and reports on
new regulations.
The publication is sent to all
industrial safety specialists and
company doctors at Siemens
AG and affiliated companies as
well as to the members of the
Joint Industrial Safety Commit-
tee. It is also used to keep all
plant managers current on
important changes in the field
of industrial health and safety.
Together with CP G ISA, the
Company Doctor Committees
issue Occupational Medicine
Bulletins on current topics in
the field. On current develop-
ments in the field of ergonom-
ics, CP G ISA regularly issues
Bulletins on Ergonomics in
Industrial Health and Safety.
An e-mail-based news flash
service keeps the industrial
safety specialists and the com-
pany doctors up-to-date on
new information in the Health
& Safety portal.
Other relevant documents:
Health and Safety at Work
(Annual Report), current
issue
Industrial Safety Bulletins
Occupational Medicine
Bulletins
Bulletins on Ergonomics in
Health and Safety at Work
Environtmental Protection
and Technical Safety
Bulletins Published
by: CT ES
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Emergency Provisions
The companys responsibilities
with respect to occupational
safety include the duty to take
preventive measures to identify
and eliminate potential hazards.
Nevertheless, incidents and ac-
cidents do occasionally happen.
Certain organizational and per-
sonnel measures ensure that
the consequences for employ-
ees and equipment are kept to
a minimum.
10.1 First aid
Delivery of first aid at Siemens
is governed by BGV A5 and by
the internal Erste Hilfe im
Betrieb (First Aid at Work)
directive. To provide first aid
services, an appropriate num-
ber of first aid personnel are
available, depending on the
potential hazard and the or-
ganization of the emergency
services organization in place
at the plants.
10.2 Company doctor services
At all Siemens AG locations
and sites, medical care by a
doctor is ensured according to
3 ASiG. If, due to the plants
size or at certain shift hours,
no doctor is on site, other pro-
cedures (e.g., emergency call)
are in place to ensure medical
emergency care (at a hospital,
for example).
10.3 Industrial disaster pre-
vention organization (BKO)
To deal with an incident that
may escalate into a disaster,
measures are taken with the
aim of minimizing damage.
A key requisite is to have an
industrial disaster prevention
organization in place that car-
ries out audits of potential
internal and external hazards,
evaluates the analysis and
makes contingency plans.
Responsibility for the BKOs
structure rests with the man-
agement of the particular site
or plant.
Other relevant documents:
ZP Circular 01/01
Health and Safety at Work
and Industrial Accident
Insurance (Red Book)
ZP Circular 23/92
First Aid at Work
Cooperative Trade
Association Regulation
BGV A5
First Aid
Fire Protection Guide,
September, 1999 Edition
Guidelines on Radiation
Protection,
April, 1999 Edition
Industrial Disaster
Prevention Organization,
2001 Edition
Hazard assessment
The ability to manage potential
hazards and to avoid or, at
least, reduce them, depends
on systematic hazard analysis
and control, devising counter-
measures, defining organiza-
tional procedures to avoid faulty
processes, and then learning,
by exchanging information, how
to deal with the risks that re-
main. This analysis covers the
resources, their procurement
and provision and their appro-
priate use. Systems that re-
quire monitoring are inspected
regularly.
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Provision Operation
Authorized Person Inspection
Use
Resources
Systems requiring
monitoring
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Identifying hazards
Work-related hazards are iden-
tified and recorded during
regular plant inspections and
when machines, systems,
resources and materials are
purchased.
Hazard assessment and
documentation
To assess and document occu-
pational risks and any meas-
ures that may have been
taken, the Siemens Risk
Analysis System (e-SIRIAS) is
used. e-SIRIAS is a browser-
based modular data system for
identifying and evaluating work-
place or activity-related hazards
with the help of model work-
places. Based on the identified
hazards, industrial safety meas-
ures are then implemented. If
any hazardous materials are
used at the analyzed work-
place, a work environment
analysis and, if necessary, an
explosive hazards analysis is
performed and documented
with e-SIRIAS.
The hazard assessment is car-
ried out by the employee
responsible for industrial safety
within the department, group
or team in cooperation with
the employee doing the activi-
ty. They are supported by the
occupational safety specialist,
the company doctor, the in-
dustrial safety officer or any
other specialists such as the
production or process planner,
etc.
Hazard management
To manage workplace-related
hazards, any measures that can
completely eliminate such
hazards are preferred. This can
be accomplished with technical
or organizational steps that are
coordinated between the
manager responsible for in-
dustrial safety and the safety
organization.
For the handling of hazardous
materials, for example, the
computer-based SIGEM system
provides support. If the hazard
cannot be completely elimi-
nated, at least steps are taken
to reduce it. As a last resort,
personal safety equipment is
used in cases where technical
or organizational steps to
eliminate or reduce the risk to
a level that is acceptable to the
employee are not possible.
Repeat inspections
In cases of major work process
changes, introduction of new
hazardous materials, or if there
are any other workplace
changes that have health and
safety implications for the
employees, a new hazard
assessment is carried out and
documented.
Other relevant documents:
Industrial Safety
Ordinance
Industrial Protection Law
Hazardous Materials
Directive
Technical Guidelines for
Hazardous Materials
TRGS 402
Siemens Hazardous Ma-
terials Management
System SIGEM 2002
Siemens Risk Analysis
System e-SIRIAS
e-SIRIAS Modules
Work area
Hazard
assessment
Work area
analysis
Explosive
hazard
analysis
Resources
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Planning measures
for health and safety
at work
The responsibility for planning
and implementing all neces-
sary health and safety meas-
ures lies mainly with the respec-
tive operational management.
Their job is to work together
with the safety specialists and
company doctors to identify
industrial risks and hazards and
to plan and implement appro-
priate measures.
At the corporate level, the CP G
ISA department is responsible
for making sure that all neces-
sary measures are taken to pre-
vent accidents and to improve
industrial safety. To accomplish
this, CP G ISA schedules com-
pany-wide activities like acci-
dent prevention contests, etc.
in cooperation with the Oper-
ating Groups and plants. CP G
ISA also supports individual
initiatives in response to specific
events.
Measures to monitor
compliance
There are various mechanisms
for monitoring compliance
with the measures imposed by
legal requirements and by
internal company directives.
MIPAS (Minimum Occupation
Safety Audit Program) is a tool
developed by CP G ISA that is
used to conduct regular audits
(at least every 2-3 years) at the
plants. The plant managers
and CP G ISA are informed of
the results.
CP G ISA conducts audits at the
Operating Group industrial
safety offices, checking compli-
ance with internal directives
and enforcement of legal stand-
ards at the Operating Groups.
In addition, the cooperative
trade association, the industrial
authorities and the internal
audit department monitor the
compliance with the health
and safety regulations.
Other relevant documents
Comliance Audit Check
List (MIPAS)
System Inspection Audit
Check List
Machine Inspection Check
List
Reporting
14.1 Informing responsible
parties
CP G ISA regularly reports on
the status of health and safety
at work to the Head of CP. It
also reports any specific inci-
dents that warrant such a
report. The Operating Groups
occupational safety offices
report to the Group Executive
Management regularly and in
case of specific incidents. The
company doctors and safety
specialists report to the plant
managers regularly and in
response to specific incidents.
14.2 Written annual reports
The safety specialists report to
the plant managers and to
their respective Operating
Group safety office. The Oper-
ating Group safety offices
report to CP G ISA. The Chief
Safety Engineer, the company
doctors and the safety spe-
cialists together with SCP UV
and the Joint Industrial Safety
Committee produce the annual
Report on Health and safety at
Work at Siemens AG. This re-
port goes to all plant managers,
safety specialists, company
doctors, members of the Joint
Industrial Safety Committee
and all union representatives
with health and safety responsi-
bilities.
14.3 Reporting of special
incidents
In case of serious malfunctions
and accidents, particularly in
case of deadly accidents or
accidents resulting in life-
threatening injuries, large-scale
accidents, explosions and fires
in installations and other inci-
dents with implications for the
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public, CP G ISA, SCP UV and, if
necessary, the Head of CP must
be informed immediately.
Other relevant documents:
ZP Circular 01/01
Health and Safety at Work
and Industrial Accident
Insurance (Red Book)
Records
15.1 Accident reporting pro-
cedure
Records are kept as evidence
that, in the event of an acci-
dent or occupational disease,
all the relevant data has been
recorded, analyzed and docu-
mented. Responsibility for
obtaining data relevant to the
accident lies with the plant
manager, assisted by the safety
specialist and the company
doctor. The accident reports
are entered by SCP UV into the
WinZeBu computer system,
processed, and used for corpo-
rate statistics.
Every accident at work must be
reported by the insured to
his/her manager. The manager
then informs the personnel
department, the company doc-
tor and the industrial safety
specialist. Each manager and
the insured have a duty to pro-
vide the necessary details to
the Berufsgenossenschaft (co-
operative trade association).
The safety specialist is responsi-
ble for investigating and recor-
ding the details of the accident.
The safety specialist must
ensure that a record is kept of
all accidents, including those
that do not have to be reported
to the authorities. The company
doctors office is responsible for
keeping records of all incidents
in which first aid is rendered.
15.2 Occupational diseases
If there is reason to suspect an
occupational disease, the com-
pany doctor must report this to
the applicable insurer, irrespec-
tive of whether or not the
employee is unfit for work. The
company doctor notifies the
plant management as soon as
he becomes aware of the situa-
tion.
15.3 Occupational health pre-
cautions
For each employee who is sub-
ject to a preventive occupation-
al health check-up, a check-up
file must be set up and main-
tained. This file forms the basis
for preventive check-ups and as
such becomes part of the em-
ployees personnel file. As long
as the employee is subject to
preventive health check-ups,
however, the company doctor
can maintain it.
15.4 Accident statistics
The safety specialist produced
the accident analysis and the
resulting reports. This report
includes statistical and indi-
vidual analyses of accident fre-
quency, severity, details, body
parts injured, type of injury,
and time lost. Overall statistics
for all accidents at Siemens
that are subject to the repor-
ting requirements are pro-
duced by department SCP UV
and published by CP G ISA as
the Report on Health and safe-
ty at Work.
Other relevant documents:
ZP Circular 01/01
Health and Safety at Work
and Industrial Accident
Insurance (Red Book)
Health and safety at Work
(Annual Report), current
issue
Cooperative Trade
Association Regulation
BGV A4 Preventive
Occupational Health
Industrial Safety Law
ZP Directive on Hazardous
Substances (Green Book)
Hazardous Substances
Ordinance
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ArbSchG
Industrial Protection Law
ASiG
Industrial Safety Law
BetrSichV
Industrial Safety Ordinance
BG
Cooperative trade association
that insures workers against
industrial accidents
BGV
Cooperative trade association
regulation
BKO
Industrial disaster prevention
organization
CP G
Corporate Personnel Germany
CT
Corporate Technology
CT ES
Environmental Protection,
Technical Security
GefStoffV
Hazardous Materials Directive
HASK
Main Committee on Health and
Safety at Work
ISA
Idea management, social serv-
ices at work, industrial health
and safety
LK
Head of Coordination Function,
Regional Services
MIPAS
Minimum Audit Program for
Health and Safety at Work
PS UV
Personnel Services, compulsory
accident insurance
Ref AS
Group Industrial Safety Offices
SIGEM
Siemens Hazardous Materials
Management System
SIRIAS
Siemens Risk Analysis System
UAS
Environmental Protection,
Health and Safety at Work,
Radiaton Protection
WinZeBu
Central Industrial Accident
Registry and Information
System
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Health and Safety Management at Siemens AG