Staff unit for occupational safety

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Freedom from instructions and responsibility

The Occupational Safety Unit reports directly to the university management and is headed by a safety engineer.
It is not subject to directives in the execution of its tasks and is only responsible to the university management.

Tasks

  • Advising the university management and the persons responsible for occupational health and safety and accident prevention, in particular in the planning, execution and maintenance of operating facilities and social facilities, the procurement of technical equipment and the introduction of working procedures and materials, the design of workplaces, work processes and the working environment
  • Safety inspection of operating facilities and technical equipment as well as work processes
  • Monitoring occupational health and safety and accident prevention, i.e. inspecting workplaces at regular intervals.
    Forwarding any deficiencies identified to the employer and other persons responsible for occupational health and safety / accident prevention
  • Maintaining the relevant accident prevention regulations and passing them on to the persons working or responsible for occupational safety as required
  • Safety inspection of operating facilities and technical work equipment, particularly before commissioning, and of work procedures, particularly before their introduction.
  • report to the university management on an ongoing basis with regard to the implementation of occupational health and safety in its area of responsibility.

Crisis management at Coburg University of Applied Sciences

Die Hochschule Coburg verfügt für die beiden größten Standorte, Campus Friedrich Streib und Campus Design über je ein Krisenmanagement-Team, das in der Lage ist, im Gefahrensfall einzelne oder alle Gebäude der Hochschule zu evakuieren. Das Evakuierungsteam arbeitet mit externen Partnern von Polizei, Feuerwehr und Rettungsdiensten zusammen.
Die Funktionsträger sind an ihren Westen erkennbar:

Ausgestellt sind fünf Warnwesten in unterschiedlichen Farben, jeweils mit der Aufschrift „HS Coburg“ und den deutschen Begriffen „Krisenstab“, „Hausmeister“, „Ersthelfer“, „Krisenintervention“ und noch ein „Krisenstab“, die auf unterschiedliche Rollen bzw. Funktionen hinweisen.